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Unincorporated urban centre in Manitoba, Canada
St. François Xavier is an unincorporated urban centre located in the Rural Municipality of St. François Xavier , Manitoba , Canada. It is located about 15 km west of the city of Winnipeg on the Assiniboine River .
Settled around 1824 as Grantown , it is the second oldest settlement in Manitoba.[3]
History [ edit ]
Métis drying buffalo meat at St. Francois Xavier (Painted in 1899 by William Armstrong )
The area of current-day St. François Xavier, commonly known as White Horse Plains (La Prairie du Cheval Blanc ), was home to several distinct First Nations , such as the Cree and the Dakota . The lands in the area supported numerous buffalo and other game animals.[4]
Around 1824, Cuthbert Grant , who had recently led the Métis in the Battle of Seven Oaks , arrived in the area and was soon joined by many Métis families. The settlement was thereby founded, and named Grantown after Grant.[5]
The Métis have since had a noticeable role in the municipality and throughout the province.
In 1851, Father Louis-François Richer Laflèche accompanied the Métis buffalo hunters from the Parish of St. François Xavier on one of their annual hunts on the prairies . The hunting group, led by Jean Baptiste Falcon, son of Pierre Falcon (a Métis songwriter),[6] was made up of 67 men, a number of women who came to prepare the meat, some small children and 200 carts. In North Dakota they encountered a band of Sioux . Laflèche dressed only in a black cassock , white surplice , and stole , directed with the camp commander Jean Baptiste Falcon a miraculous defence against 2,000 Sioux combatants, using a crucifix at the Battle of Grand Coteau in North Dakota . After a siege of two days (July 13 and 14), the Sioux withdrew, convinced that the Great Spirit protected the Métis.[7] [8]
The St. François-Xavier post office was opened in 1871 and closed in 1975.[9]
Demographics [ edit ]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , St. Francois Xavier had a population of 845 living in 272 of its 278 total private dwellings, a change of 27.6% from its 2016 population of 662. With a land area of 3.39 km 2 (1.31 sq mi ), it had a population density of 249.3/km2 (645.6/sq mi ) in 2021.[10]
Notable people [ edit ]
Notable people buried at the St. Francois Xavier Roman Catholic Church and Cemetery include:[11]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "Rural Municipality of St. François Xavier | Visiting" . www.rm-stfrancois.mb.ca . Retrieved August 13, 2021 .
^ "Rural Municipality of St. François Xavier | About" . www.rm-stfrancois.mb.ca . Retrieved September 26, 2019 .
^ "Memorable Manitobans: Cuthbert James Grant (1793-1854)" . Manitoba Historical Society by William Morton . Retrieved April 27, 2014 .
^ Barkwell, Lawrence J. "Jean Baptiste "Che-ma-na" Falcon. (b.1826)" . Retrieved January 5, 2014 .
^ "The Battle at the Grand Coteau: July 13 and 14, 1851" . Manitoba Historical Society by William Morton . Retrieved October 4, 2013 .
^ "Battle of Grand Coteau: Letter by Father Lafleche" . Published by Lawrence J. Barkwell . Retrieved October 4, 2013 .
^ National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters (St. François-Xavier)" . Retrieved April 27, 2013 .
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places" . Statistics Canada . February 9, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022 .
^ "Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. Francois Xavier Roman Catholic Church and Cemetery (St. Francois Xavier, RM of St. Francois Xavier)" . www.mhs.mb.ca . Retrieved November 23, 2019 .
Geographic Names of Manitoba (pg. 238) - the Millennium Bureau of Canada
External links [ edit ]
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._François_Xavier,_Manitoba&oldid=1177389903 "
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