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The Interlake Spectator was a local news publication for the Gimli, Manitoba area. Founded in 1972, the paper was one of many Manitoba publications owned by Postmedia Network . On May 7, 2020, Postmedia announced that the newspaper would cease publication.
The current-day Interlake-Gimli constituency is the successor to the former riding of Interlake, which had been in effect since 1981. [2] [3]Following the 2018 riding redistribution, its boundary expanded to include the now-defunct riding of Gimli (with the communities of Gimli, Winnipeg Beach, and Riverton), thereby changing its name from "Interlake" to "Interlake-Gimli". [3]
This is a list of historic places in Interlake Region, Manitoba entered on the Canadian Register of Historic Places, whether they are federal, provincial, or municipal. List of historic places [ edit ]
The Interlake Region is an informal geographic region of the Canadian province of Manitoba that lies roughly between Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The region comprises 14 rural municipalities , one city (the City of Selkirk ), five towns ( Arborg , Riverton , Stonewall , Teulon and Winnipeg Beach ) ,and ...
The RM of Gimli has an area of 318.75 km 2 (123.07 sq mi), making it the sixth smallest rural municipality by area. The unincorporated community of Gimli and the surrounding district were once an Icelandic ethnic block settlement, and the area, known as New Iceland, is home to the largest concentration of people of Icelandic ancestry outside ...
Gimli is an Icelandic variant form of Gimlé, a place in Nordic mythology, where the righteous survivors of Ragnarök are foretold to live. It is mentioned in the Prose Edda and Völuspá and described as the most beautiful place on Earth, more beautiful than the Sun. [9] The etymology of Gimli is likely "the place protected from fire" [10] based on two Old Nordic elements : gimr "fire" and ...
On termination of the Republic Steel contract, on May 23, 1990, she was rechristened MV Paul R. Tregurtha at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, named in honor of the Vice Chairman of Interlake Steamship Co. On May 3, 2002, her only captain died in his cabin, Captain Mitch Hallin, aged 55.
In April 2013, the Gimli Glider was offered for sale at auction, by a company called Collectable Cars, [9] with an estimated price of CA$2.75–3 million. [27] However, bidding only reached CA$425,000 and the lot was unsold. [28] According to a website dedicated to saving the aircraft, the Gimli Glider was scrapped in early 2014.