Experience History
Our school tours take children through history in the Markerville area.
Stephansson House Historic SiteStephansson House is a tour of the famous Icelandic poet’s homestead. Students will learn about life in the 1900's, as well as how to felt wool and make Icelandic cookies.
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Hola SchoolStudents will experience the learning environment of a 1927 one room classroom.
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Markerville CreameryStudents will experience making butter, as well as a tour of the creamery museum, set up as it would have been in 1932. They will watch a puppet show, as well as taking part in a cow milking relay-race. At the end of the tours, the students receive an ice cream cone.
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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.