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Historic Sites Attractions In Markerville

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Historic Markerville Creamery Museum

Stephansson House Provincial Historic Site

Rosedale Suspension Bridge

Royal Tyrrell Museum

Sylvan Lake Provincial Park

Bleriot Ferry

Reynolds-Alberta Museum

Horsethief Canyon

Markerville is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Red Deer County. It is located 4 kilometres north of Highway 54, approximately 29 kilometres southwest of Red Deer. Markerville was the home for many years of Stephan G. Stephansson, famous in modern Icelandic literature, whose home is preserved as an Alberta Provincial Historic Site.
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Historic Sites Attractions In Markerville

1. Stephansson House Provincial Historic Site Markerville
Stephan G. Stephansson was a Western Icelander, poet, and farmer. His given name was Stefán Guðmundur Guðmundsson. He was born in Skagafjörður, Iceland but emigrated to Wisconsin, United States in 1873, at age 19. In 1889 he moved to Markerville, Red Deer County, Alberta, Canada. He did not see Iceland again until 1917, when he was 64 years old. Stephan was self-educated and worked hard all his life. He wrote after work, and, being an insomniac, he often wrote till dawn. He was under the influence of the American writer Ralph Waldo Emerson and they shared the same beliefs in many matters, including equal rights for men and women. Stephan wrote only in Icelandic and had great influence in his home country. His poems were published in a six volume book called Andvökur . His letters and...
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