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The Manitoba Historical Society describes a five-metre-tall monument of a sharptail grouse in Ashern, Manitoba, designed by sculptor George Barone and erected in 1979 "to commemorate the birdwatching and hunting qualities of the area".
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Sharptail Grouse Monument
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Site-level location · 51.1847° N, 98.3510° W
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A Travel Manitoba article refers to Ashern as the "Land of the Sharptail Grouse". The Manitoba Historical Society describes a five-metre-tall monument of a sharptail grouse there.
The society's Historic Sites of Manitoba entry says the monument was designed by sculptor George Barone and erected in 1979 "to commemorate the birdwatching and hunting qualities of the area". The page links to a separate entry on Barone, titled "Memorable Manitobans: Giorgio "George" Barone (1916-1992)".
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In Ashern, Municipality of West Interlake. The Manitoba Historical Society gives site coordinates (N51.18474, W98.35096) and no street address.
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