 Their local council was dissolved on April 12, 1876, when the District of Keewatin was established by the Dominion Government under the "North-West Territories Act".At this same time the territory of "New Iceland" underwent an official transfer to the District of Keewatin.A land claim dispute arose between the Saulteaux family of John Ramsay and the Icelandic family of Ólafur Ólafsson.