Falcon Lake (Manitoba)

Falcon Lake
Falcon Lake
Falcon Lake is located in Manitoba
Falcon Lake
Falcon Lake
Location in Manitoba
Falcon Lake is located in Canada
Falcon Lake
Falcon Lake
Falcon Lake (Canada)
LocationWhiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba, Canada
Coordinates49°42′11″N 95°14′54″W / 49.70306°N 95.24833°W / 49.70306; -95.24833
Basin countriesCanada
Islandsfive

Falcon Lake is located in the Whiteshell Provincial Park in southeastern Manitoba, Canada. The lake is about 152 kilometres east of Winnipeg on the Trans-Canada Highway near the Ontario border.[1][2] The lake is named for Métis poet and songwriter Pierre Falcon (1793–1876).[3] It appears on the Palliser map of 1865.[4]

The lake inspired the name of the TV series Falcon Beach although that fictional location is set on another Manitoba lake. The lake was also a favourite summer destination of Neil Young, who wrote a song entitled "Falcon Lake" while with Buffalo Springfield.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Natural Resources Canada-Canadian Geographical Names (Falcon Lake)". Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Atlas of Canada Toporama". Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Songs of Old Manitoba (02) (The Dickson Song) (p. 35)". by Margaret Arnett MacLeod. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  4. ^ Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 58. ISBN 0-7715-9754-1.
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