The New Iceland Heritage Museum , located in Gimli, Manitoba , is a museum dedicated to preserving the history and artifacts of the large population from Iceland who migrated to the Interlake Region of Manitoba , the area known as New Iceland . The museum holds 3,500 artifacts donated by local families.
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1-559: New Iceland was the area situated from Boundary Creek near Winnipeg Beach , Manitoba to Hecla Island , 36 miles along Lake Winnipeg 's west shore. It was provided to the Icelanders and run as their own colony from 1875 to 1881. A regional government called the Thingrad represented the colony in all relationships with the Canadian government. They even had a provisional constitution . The museum
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