Falcon Lake
Falcon Lake is located in Manitoba
Falcon Lake
Falcon Lake
Location in Manitoba
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
Islands5

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 2014-12-06.
  2. ↑ "Atlas of Canada Toporama". Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  3. ↑ "Songs of Old Manitoba (02) (The Dickson Song) (p. 35)". by Margaret Arnett MacLeod. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
  4. ↑ Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 58. ISBN 0-7715-9754-1.
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