Brosseau, Alberta
Brosseau (English: /ˈbruːsoʊ/)[2] is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within the County of Two Hills No.The hamlet of Duvernay is located immediately across the river along the south bank.[4] Before Brosseau existed, a previous settlement had been created on the same site.Founded by Father Lacombe as Saint-Paul-des-Cris, it was a Catholic mission to the Cree which was established in 1865 and abandoned in 1874 due to Cree reluctance to adopt an agricultural lifestyle and several crop failures.Lacombe would try again nearby in 1896 with a new settlement called Saint-Paul-des-Métis, which also struggled until it was opened to white Francophones in 1909.