Hnausa Beach Provincial Park is a
provincial park
Ischigualasto Provincial Park
A provincial park (or territorial park) is a park administered by one of the provinces of a country, as opposed to a national park. They are similar to state parks in other countries. They are typically open to the ...
in
Manitoba
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, Canada, on the west shore of
Lake Winnipeg
Lake Winnipeg (french: Lac Winnipeg, oj, ᐑᓂᐸᑲᒥᐠᓴᑯ˙ᑯᐣ, italics=no, Weenipagamiksaguygun) is a very large, relatively shallow lake in North America, in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Manitoba, Canada. I ...
north of
Gimli, Manitoba.
The beach within the park is named after the nearby community of
Hnausa Hnausa which roughly translates to "uneven ground" is a small community located in the area known as New Iceland in Manitoba's Interlake Region. It is 6 miles, or approximately 10 kilometres, south of Riverton, and is situated on Breidavik (which m ...
.
''Hnausa'' is an
Old Icelandic
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlement ...
word for a piece of turf.
This part of Manitoba is known as
New Iceland
New Iceland ( is, Nýja Ísland ) is the name of a region on Lake Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba which was named for settlers from Iceland. It was settled in 1875.
Background
In 1875, over 200 Icelanders immigrated to Manitoba es ...
due to the significant Icelandic settlement of the area that began in 1875.
In the first quarter of the twentieth century, railway companies became involved in the promotion of travel by rail to the beaches of Lake Winnipeg.
The railway reached
Riverton in 1914, opening the area around Hnausa to day travel from
Winnipeg
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...
.
The
Rural Municipality of Bifrost purchased the land on which the current park stands to be a community park in 1930.
The Hnausa portion of the
Manitoba Icelandic festival was held at the park before Gimli became the sole location of the festival activities.
Ownership of the land was passed to the province in 1959 and it was declared a provincial park in 1961.
It is in size.
The park is located within the Gimli ecodistrict of the Interlake Plain ecoregion part of the
Boreal Plains ecozone.
See also
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List of protected areas of Manitoba
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List of provincial parks in Manitoba
References
External links
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A System Plan for Manitoba's Provincial Parks{{Manitoba parks
Provincial parks of Manitoba
Protected areas of Manitoba