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Solveig (Brynjolfson) Riddell and Canada History partnered to provide “Vikings“ to every Manitoba School

Solveig (Brynjolfson) Riddell and Canada History partnered to provide “Vikings“ to every Manitoba School

My aunt Solveig and Canada’s History magazine have partnered to make Vikings on a Prairie Ocean available to over 300 schools in Manitoba to make this important piece of the country’s history known. We hope to engage with the students...

17th December 2020 Glenn Sigurdson 1 Comments

“Building a Better Country”: Riverton Brings Home a Second Order of Canada

“Building a Better Country”: Riverton Brings Home a Second Order of Canada

On November 27, 2020, shortly after I had received the press release announcing appointments to the Order of Canada, the telephone rang, and an excited voice boomed in my ear: “Glenn, it’s Reggie. I am so proud of you! Now there are two Orders of...

7th December 2020 Glenn Sigurdson 9 Comments

The Silent Bonds of War: Stefan Sigurdson and Dori Benjaminson

The Silent Bonds of War: Stefan Sigurdson and Dori Benjaminson

Let there be no doubt. If you were on a tug on the North Basin, in the heavy seas of a ripping Norwester, with a motor in trouble, you’d want Dori Benjaminson with you. Dori spent most of his time in his mechanic shop beside the small store on...

20th June 2020 Glenn Sigurdson 1 Comments

Music was the Voice Of Riverton

Music was the Voice Of Riverton

Like the presence of the rink and the inspiration it created, music was part of everyone’s life. Nothing better epitomized the “mustang” spirit just below the surface in the community than the remarkable New Year’s Eve dance.

13th May 2020 Glenn Sigurdson Fishermen, Lake Winnipeg, Music 0 Comments

Jack Clarkson: A Legendary Bushpilot in His Own Time

Jack Clarkson: A Legendary Bushpilot in His Own Time

This is an extract from Vikings on a Prairie Ocean published in 2014 It is reproduced here on the occasion of his 90th birthday, April 22, 2020

21st April 2020 Glenn Sigurdson 0 Comments

Hidden Treasures: Old friends of an “Old man and the Sea”

Hidden Treasures: Old friends of an “Old man and the Sea”

Hidden treasures found at the cottage this morning…. 45 years since Afi Malli (Brynjolfson) died I found his beloved pipes, which were his companions over his life. And beside them the roll- your -own cigarette papers which he filled with...

28th July 2019 Glenn Sigurdson 0 Comments

Sigurdson Island

Sigurdson Island

“Sigurdson Island “ at the mouth of the Berens River, was a magical place for a young boy. As a little guy in the early 50’s each summer we would “Go North” to join Dad at the station for summer fishing. Sigurdson Fisheries had a long association...

14th March 2018 Glenn Sigurdson Family, Lake Winnipeg 2 Comments

Black bear

Black bear

Now we are on an expedition. We are going to go from black bear to rabbit point. It is about 4 miles. If there is any hint of a wind coming up I am reluctant to take our small boat across the lake.

26th September 2017 Glenn Sigurdson Friendship, Lake Winnipeg 0 Comments

“Freezing Out” – The Fishermens’ Fishermen

“Freezing Out” – The Fishermens’ Fishermen

As a boy when I heard that Afi Malli and Uncle Grimsi were “freezing out “it always sounded to my young ears as a mysterious adventure. I would soon learn that they were one of the lonely breeds of fishermen who would stay North in their camps...

4th September 2017 Glenn Sigurdson fishing, Lake Winnipeg 1 Comments

Snapshots of a Heritage

Snapshots of a Heritage

Life day to day on Lake Winnipeg in my life – but a world that few know of then, or today, but even less so in a history that reaches back into the 1880s. The emergence of a commercial fishery in 1882 and following was the cornerstone of...

22nd August 2017 Glenn Sigurdson First Nations, fishing, Lake Winnipeg 0 Comments

Vinarterta: Viking Christmas Cake

Few Christmas traditions are as culturally sacred to Canada’s ethnic Icelanders – nor as touchy, for that matter – as the baking of a 150-year-old fruitcake. Vinarterta is a hefty, layered torte customarily served in rectangular slices, usually...

23rd January 2015 Glenn Sigurdson 0 Comments

Prairie Vikings Journey into the World of Social Innovation

“What could lost Vikings possibly have to do with your career?” This question quickly arises in the discussion around what this book is about. And it appears to be a question that resonates with many people called upon to define...

8th January 2015 Glenn Sigurdson 0 Comments
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Writing Vikings on a Prairie Ocean heightened my awareness that the people, places, and influences from a boyhood growing up in a legendary Lake Winnipeg fishing family had shaped and informed my work, and gave me more accessible, and compelling words and ways to describe it.
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