MHM Pierre Falcon - St Francois Xavier MB
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PeterNoG
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This Manitoba Historical Marker in Medicine Rock Heritage Park on Hwy 26 at Caron Drive in St Francois Xavier, Manitoba.
Waymark Code: WMM0HT
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 06/27/2014
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There is also a Manitoba Historical Marker here for Pascal Breland.
Marker Name: Pierre Falcon
Agency: The Historic Sites Advisory Board of Manitoba
Languages: English & French
Location:
Medicine Rock Heritage Park
Hwy 26 & Caron Drive
St Francois Xavier
Marker Text:
Pierre Falcon
1793 - 1876
One of Manitoba's earliest song writers, Pierre Falcon was born of French Canadian and Cree parentage in the Swan River Department of the North West Company. He was employed in turn by the North West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1825, Falcon was one of the first settlers of Cuthbert Grant's village of Grantown, later St. François-Xavier. A much respected member of the local Métis population, he served as magistrate there for many years.
Falcon was best known for such entertaining ballads as "Chanson de la Grenouillère" which expressed Métis national feelings while humorously depicting local and political events that affected their lives. Transmitted orally through family gatherings and by voyageurs in their travels, only a few of his many songs have survived.
Website: [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca or mhs.mb.ca: [Web Link]
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