Log Cabin at Markland
Dolly Belmore was one of the founding members of the Icelandic Memorial Society of Nova Scotia, formed in 1998. She served as chair from 1998 until 2008. Dolly spent many years researching and preserving the history and stories of the Icelandic settlers of Markland and was passionately committed to the restoration of the old settlement. Her longtime dream was to have a log cabin built there to honour the Icelandic pioneers and serve as an interpretive site. Memorial money from the Estate of Dolly Belmore was used to provide seed funding for this project.
It gives the Society great pleasure to dedicate the log cabin to Dolly Belmore in recognition of all the work she did for the Icelandic Society and the Icelandic people.
Log Cabin Replica Completed at Markland
01 February, 2014
Over the past year volunteers from The Icelandic Memorial Society of Nova Scotia have held work parties at Markland completing the construction of the log cabin...
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Icelandic Log Cabin Takes Shape
01 November, 2012
History was rewritten on Saturday, November 10, when the log cabin replica was moved from the work site in Caribou Gold Mines to its permanent home on Lot 3 in ...
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Log kiosk construction to begin at Markland
01 May, 2012
On August 16, 2011, 74 freshly cut Red Spruce logs were delivered to Caribou Gold Mines by JD Irving Ltd. Members of the Icelandic Memorial Society of Nova Scot...
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Plans finalized for log kiosk at Markland
01 April, 2011
Plans finalized for log kiosk at Markland
My first chore at Greenwater was to winterize the house provided by the government. The builder had done an excelle...
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Log kiosk funding and lot application
01 September, 2009
Log Kiosk Report September 2009
For the past year and a half the Society has been working to obtain funding for our Log Cabin project for Markland. This log ...
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ABOUT US
The Icelandic Memorial Society of Nova Scotia was incorporated on July 29, 1998 to educate the public about Nova Scotia's Icelandic past. By sharing the history of the Icelandic settlers in Nova Scotia during the late 1800s, we hope to assist and encourage their descendents and others to preserve this part of Nova Scotia's heritage.
