Cream Can and Wheat of Markerville, Alberta

It is 15 feet tall and very heavy. It commemorates 100 years of Icelandic settlement and is an acknowledgement to the settlers who founded the district, developed a creamery and developed the agricultural land. The plaque: "1888 - 1988 Dedicated to the pioneers of Markerville and District who prepared the way. 'They did so much with so little.' The best that was in me forever shall live. The sun over darkness prevails."