 Say cheese! 📸 Our vintage cream truck is getting a holiday makeover! Stop by the Creamery Courtyard for drop-in family photos. Get your digital image with our beautifully decorated antique truck emailed to you for a $20 donation to SGSIS!
No appointment is necessary, just drop-in anytime between 11 am - 5 pm during 🎄 Christmas in Markerville – November 14–16, 2025! 🎁 This nostalgic 1939 IHC Truck was used to haul cream from 1939-1941. It was sold to Mr. & Mrs. Ray Hambrook in 1941. The Hambrooks donated it back to the creamery in 1991 and it was completely restored for display in 1995. Thank you to everyone who supported our summer fundraising efforts through the Crowdfunding Alberta Program! Repairs and Replacements have been realized!
 Friday, Saturday & Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm join us for Christmas in Markerville!
Christmas Vendors at the Creamery & Fensala Hall will have handmade items for sale including spices, cards, woodworks, suncatchers, pottery, jewelry, baked goods, quilts, paintings, toys, games, puzzles, ornaments and so much more! Display at Markerville Lutheran Church! Local businesses Marlene's Krafty Korner and Otter Pottery will also be open, just west of the Church. Enjoy the Cookie Walk! Pick out and purchase your own goodies bag of homemade treats, while supplies last! Located at the Creamery. Lunch will be available at Fensala Hall.  IN THIS ISSUE: Vol 37 #3 contains two-and-a-half months worth of shenanigans including photos from our Icelandic Independence Day Celebration and Njáls Saga Traveling Tapestry Excerpt! There are photos and info from Cream Day and Markerville Show 'N Shine, plus an update on Buttermaker's House artists-in-residence Bob Cowan, and Pretty Good Cellos. The Unreserved Vintage + Antique Live Auction is happening September 20th, Fensala Hall Concert Series starts in October, and before you know it Christmas in Markerville will be here! Download your copy today from our Google Drive archive! New this year is the IRON MILK MAN competition being held in the Buttermaker's House back yard! Contest is open to age 18+ and starts at 2:30pm! Entry fee is a food bank donation. Please register yourself or your TEAM through our even listing!
 Please RSVP to [email protected] or through our Events Calendar online at https://tockify.com/markerville/detail/13/1752616800000 Opening Reception with Claudia Pétursson, North American representative for Njálurefill SES The Njál’s Saga Traveling Tapestry Excerpt is part of the North American Tour from Hvolsvöllur, Iceland that began March 26th. Enjoy a delectable Strawberry Shortcake dessert while being introduced to Claudia and The Traveling Tapestry Excerpt, along with a Saga reading and Q&A session. Entry Fee is a cash donation of $5 or more with all proceeds being donated towards the Njálurefill SES building fund. The Njál's Saga Traveling Tapestry Excerpt will be on display at the Creamery basement 10-Noon & 1-4pm from July 17-26, with final viewing on July 27 from 3-5pm.  There will be a charge for food, but other events are free to enjoy!
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We acknowledge the traditional lands and territories of the Indigenous Peoples who have lived on these lands and taken care of them since time immemorial. We acknowledge that the Historic Sites of the Stephan G. Stephansson Icelandic Society are on traditional Treaty 6 Territory. We recognize the Cree, the Nakoda Sioux, the Dene, the Saulteaux, as well as the Métis and Inuit who have lived on and cared for these lands for generations. We acknowledge the Traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders, both past and present, and are grateful for their contributions that helped keep this land beautiful. We make this acknowledgement as an act of reconciliation.