 IN THIS ISSUE:
Vol 37 #2 hits the ground running with Icelandic Independence Day Celebration happening June 21st! There are photos from recent events like INLNA Convention and Buttermaker's House artist Veronica Graves, our Calendar of Events updated to the end of the year including Traveling Tapestry Excerpt in July and a Live Auction in September, Fensala Hall Concert Series lineup, and a visit from the Sons of Norway Aspelund Lodge! Download your copy today from our Google Drive archive!  Auction takes place September 20 / Creamery CourtyardWe are actively looking for donations or consignments with commission donated to fundraising. Contact Tim or John to donate. Deadline for items to be dropped off is August 30th, 2025.
 Join us Friday, May 23, 2025 at the Creamery Parlour Café for a book launch by historian Rolf Buschardt Christensen.
This partial history of the birth and early development of the dairy industry is about Christian Marker and his work in helping Alberta District farmers establish dairies. "Among many others, he helped the farmers of the Icelandic settlement of Tindastoll establish a viable creamery. In appreciation for his help they changed the name of their settlement to Markerville." CHURNING BUTTER will be available at the event, and is being added to our souvenir store in the Kaffistofa at the Markerville Creamery. This free event starts at 2:30 pm in the basement of the Creamery. |
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.