| Falcon Lake | |
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| Location | Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba, Canada |
| Coordinates | 49°42′11″N 95°14′54″W / 49.70306°N 95.24833°W |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Islands | five |
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.
- ^ "Natural Resources Canada-Canadian Geographical Names (Falcon Lake)". Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ "Atlas of Canada Toporama". Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ "Songs of Old Manitoba (02) (The Dickson Song) (p. 35)". by Margaret Arnett MacLeod. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 58. ISBN 0-7715-9754-1.