Visit Gimli Manitoba Canada

Gimli's Historical Museum highlights fishing and farming, the two most important occupations of the immigrants. Tourists come to Gimli to swim, sunbath, and sail, go boating, sail boarding and fishing in Manitoba Canada.

Located on the West shore of Lake Winnipeg, an hours drive from the city of Winnipeg Gimli was settled by Icelandic immigrants in 1895. The historical museum highlights fishing and farming the two most important occupations of the immigrants. Displays also demonstrate the history of the settlement and of the 375 Icelandic people who found their way to Canada creating a lively fishing village out of what they called Gimli which means paradise in Norse mythology. Today a picture as harbor has room for 300 boats and the town has themed its commercial district with a fishing village motif. The community has just completed a major revitalization of the water front that includes a series of locally painted mirrors that stretch along the pier reflecting local history and culture. Tourist comes to Gimli to enjoy swimming, sunbathing, sailing, boating, sail boarding and fishing. A kilometer long sandy beach resort hotel on the water front and a well developed tourism industry place this town among the best tourist attractions in Manitoba. Local entrepreneurs have taken advantage of the town’s excellent geographical location. Nobody visits Gimli without sampling its signature dish of fresh pickle roll and the local shops are best tuned with the brilliant selection of clothing, crafts and tasteful souvenirs. May activities and festivals takes place in the community the most elaborative which Island Dingaru, the Icelandic festival which brings many thousands of visitors to the largest Icelandic settlement outside of Iceland itself. It’s hard to miss the Viking statue of guarding the harbor front standing 15 feet tall it has become the symbol of Gimli.