Village of Ashern, Manitoba

Reason for Building:

For 25 years, Ashern hosted an International 'One-Box Sharptail Hunt'

Additional Information:

To give you an idea of the size of this bird (yes me again in the picture):

The late George Barone also created the following sculptures:
Viking (Gimli, MB), Skier (McCreary, MB), White Horse (St. Francois Xavier, MB), Camel (Glenboro, MB), Turtle (Boissevain, MB), Winnie the Pooh (White River, ON).

Information Source: Ken Peterson, L.U.D. of Ashern Councillor and Canada's Gigantic! by Henri Robideau

Picture Sources: Ken Peterson, DMY and Samson Yee