Saga Connections References
Thank you for joining the Icelandic Canadian Club of Toronto as we share our stories through the Saga Connections online seminar series.
This page presents links and references related to the material in the seminars in order to assist you in finding out more about these topics.
Please feel free to provide comments below and/or send us additional material to include in this location
#1 Kinmount: An Experiment in Settlement (Dec 3, 2020)
- Donald E. Gislason, The Icelanders of Kinmount: An Experiment in Settlement. Published Icelandic Canadian Club, 1999. (Buy HERE)
- Guy Scott, The History of Kinmount: A Community on the Fringe. John Deyell Co. Lindsay 1987
- Ryan Eyford. White Settler Reserve: New Iceland and the Colonization of the Canadian West. 2016. UBC Press, Vancouver BC 2016. (Indigo link)
- Nelson Gerrard, Icelandic River Saga. Saga Publications, Arborg, MB 1985. (Amazon link)
- Nelson Gerrard, Sigtryggur Jónasson & Framfari – An Icelandic River talk given at a literary lunch by Nelson S. Gerard in 2006. Retrieved from WEBSITE
- Vesturfaraskrá 1870-1914 – by Jύníus H. Kristinnsson, A Record of Emigrants from Iceland to America 1870-1914, Institute of History, University of Iceland, Reykjavik 1983. (WorldCat link)
- Kinmount Gazette (Many of the photos first published in the Gazette and used with permission in Guy Scott’s book.)
- Scott Family Archives
- Photographs retrieved online and source referenced on slides, as well as contemporary originals taken on site
- Memories elicited from family descendants
#2 Those Highly Createive Icelandic Canadians with W.D. Valgardson (Feb 3, 2021)
#3 Rediscovering Kinmount (Mar 3, 2021)
- Ryan Eyford. Icelandic migration to Canada, 1872-1875: New Perspective on the ‘Myth of Beginnings’, A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Carleton University, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts. (Download Link)
- Lögberg-Heimskringla. Destination Kinmount. Friday 26 August, 2005, 119th Year, No 16 (Online Reading Link)
#4 Donald K. Johnson in conversation with Joe Martin (Apr. 7, 2021)