For more than five decades, Icelandic Camp has been uniting young people of Icelandic descent, fostering a deep connection to their shared heritage. Throughout six enriching days, campers dive headfirst into Icelandic culture, engaging in language lessons, Viking crafts, and sagas. Through these immersive experiences, campers begin to cultivate a deeper appreciation for their Icelandic roots while forging lifelong friendships and reverence for the land and Lake Winnipeg. In the beginning, the idea of holding an annual camp for young people of Icelandic descent was a way to bring kids together from the local area...

Heat hit me the moment I stepped out of the car – the air like a weighted blanket, warm and welcoming. Gimli still beamed with energy and revelry as it did in 2022. I wondered what awaited me in these streets. What I would find were old acquaintances, smiling when they saw me, each bearing the weight that life bestows. News of other friends who’d settled down and had started their families. The streets stayed the same; the people, not so much. However, the first thing I wanted after the drive from Mountain was some food and a drink. I made my way to the bar, The Pier...

There was once a man named Sigurður, a good farmer and mostly liked by people, who had a daughter called Helga. He also had a manservant named Ólafur, a young and hopeful fellow, fitted in every way for his position; he was the son of a priest, and his father was already declining in years when the events of this tale took place. Ólafur fell in love with the farmer’s daughter, and the news of this soon spread. The match was thought desirable and the farmer wished nothing more than that his daughter should marry Ólafur, whom he had grown as fond of as his own child...