Gimli, Manitoba

:Gimli, Manitoba is also a town in Manitoba, see Gimli, Manitoba (town). For other uses see Gimli.

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Gimli, Manitoba (town) - Gimli

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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 (population 1,657 Statistics Canada 2001 census) and surrounding area are home to the largest Icelandic population outside of Iceland.

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Rural municipality - Manitoba - Canada - Lake Winnipeg - Winnipeg - Iceland

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Gimli is famous for being the only location in the world that produces Crown Royal Whisky.

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Crown Royal - Whisky

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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.

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Royal Canadian Air Force - Royal Canadian Air Cadets - Air Canada - Boeing 767 - Gimli Glider

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