Sculpture of Father Lemieux at the Centre franco-ontarian de folklore

Sculpture of Father Lemieux at the Centre franco-ontarian de folklore

Sculpture of Father Lemieux

The sculpture entitled Le four à pain by Maurice Gaudrault, features the founder of the Centre franco-ontarien de folklore père (Father) Germain Lemieux. The CFOF was founded in 1972, and houses the work of it's founder Father Lemieux who gathered incomparable documentation and recordings of Franco-Ontarian history and heritage. Officially recognized in 1991, the CFOF is "an important cultural space where the heritage of French Ontario, and in particular the repertoire of oral tradition, is gathered, preserved, disseminated, developed and enhanced." (Philippe-Shillington, Julie. Encyclopedia of French Cultural Heritage in North America)