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According to the Manitoba Historical Society, Alpine Archie is a fibreglass statue on Mountainview Drive in McCreary, Manitoba. The society says sculptor George Barone created it in 1978 and gives it as 5.48 metres tall and 1,360 kilograms. It says the Town of McCreary and the McCreary Chamber of Commerce commissioned it to draw attention to the nearby Mount Agassiz Ski Resort.
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The Manitoba Historical Society's Historic Sites of Manitoba entry, headed Alpine Archie (Mountainview Drive, McCreary, Municipality of McCreary), describes Alpine Archie as a fibreglass statue in McCreary, Manitoba, commissioned to draw attention to a ski resort.
The society says the statue was created in 1978 by sculptor George Barone. The entry links him as Giorgio "George" Barone (1916-1992). The society gives the statue as 5.48 metres tall and 1,360 kilograms.
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On Mountainview Drive in McCreary, Manitoba, according to the Manitoba Historical Society, which gives no street number.
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