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Sigtryggur Jónasson

A community leader strongly committed to Canada and his compatriots, Sigtryggur Jónasson worked to ensure that a majority of the approximately 20,000 Icelanders who came to North America between 1870 and 1914 settled in Canada. He played a key role in establishing the self-administered settlement “New Iceland,” helped to choose its site and draft its original constitution, and served as its first elected leader. As an immigration official, publisher, entrepreneur, politician, and public servant, this “Father of New Iceland” worked to secure the economic and cultural viability of the Icelandic-Canadian community.

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Sigtryggur Jónasson

Leader communautaire profondément attaché au Canada et à ses compatriotes, Jónasson contribua à ce que la majorité des quelque 20 000 Islandais qui immigrèrent en Amérique du Nord, entre 1870 et 1914, s’établissent au Canada. Il joua un rôle clé dans la création de la « Nouvelle-Islande », participant au choix de l’emplacement et à la rédaction de la constitution de cet établissement auto-administré, dont il devint le premier chef élu. Agent d’immigration, éditeur, entrepreneur, politicien et fonctionnaire, ce « Père de la Nouvelle-Islande » veilla à la viabilité économique et culturelle de la communauté islando-canadienne.

Location: Reggie Leach Drive, Riverton
Emplacement : Reggie Leach Drive, Riverton
Coordinates · Coordonnées: 50.997707, -96.993611
Source: Parks Canada – Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada commemorative plaques (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)
Licence · Permission: Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
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