Iceland: Provincial Heritage Site

Gimli Dept: He was born in Iceland in 1863 and came to Canada as an adult to work in the tinsmithing trade in 1886. He moved to Gimli 12 years later and opened a general store, which became one of the best-stocked shops in the province by the 1920s, selling groceries, hardware and general merchandise. He was a town councillor and later served as Gimli s mayor from 1911 to 1913, and again from 1919 to 1923. The store, which has been designated a provincial heritage site, is still there more than 100 years later and is managed by the same family. He died in 1954, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Africa edition Hans Petur Tergesen Hans Petur Tergesen (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.