Gimli, Manitoba
Gimli, Manitoba is also a town in Manitoba, see
Gimli, Manitoba (town)
Gimli
is a
rural municipality
in south-central
Manitoba
,
Canada
. It is located on the western shore of
Lake Winnipeg
, about seventy-five kilometres north of the provincial capital
Winnipeg
. The town (and surrounding area) is home to the largest
Icelandic
population outside of Iceland. Gimli is the site of a disused
Royal Canadian Air Force
base, which is now used by the Gimli Gliding Centre and the
Royal Canadian Air Cadets
. The airbase was the site of a remarkable emergency landing by an
Air Canada
Boeing 767
which had run out of fuel in mid-flight, causing its engines to entirely shut down, and forcing the plane to land as a glider. This event became known as the
Gimli Glider
.
External link
Rural Municipality of Gimli, Manitoba Official Website
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