Prince Philip s frog-jumping legacy in a Manitoba French community
by Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press
Posted Apr 10, 2021 10:00 am EDT
Last Updated Apr 10, 2021 at 10:11 am EDT
WINNIPEG The death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, has reminded a small French village in Manitoba about how a royal visit half a century ago made the community the centre of frog racing in Canada.
As word of his passing spread Friday through St-Pierre-Jolys, about 40 kilometres southeast of Winnipeg, many people reflected on his visit with the Queen in 1970.
“They came in and they spoke French to us … so they respected us as we respected them,” said Roland Gagne, a full-time volunteer at the St-Pierre-Jolys Museum.
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