Built on Hecla Island in 1885 by Icelandic immigrants Helgi S. Tomasson (1847-1902) and his wife Margret Thorarinsdottir (1841-1928), this two-storey wood frame building was used to accommodate other immigrants as they came to the island to settle until they established a homestead. In later years, it served as a boarding house and family residence until the early 1960s.
Tomasson Boarding House (March 2018)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N51.13091, W96.66427
denoted by symbol on the map above
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 31 July 2020
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