claim: MSG has a strong taste.
evidence: Tail Creek Town was a Metis settlement that existed from circa 1870 to 1878 .. Metis. Metis people ( Canada ). Tail Creek. Tail Creek. The settlement was founded by metis who fled Manitoba around the late 1860s .. The town was composed of roughly 400 one-room hovel laid out in a haphazard fashion .. From early autumn to late spring the town hosted close to 1000 people .. For a time , it was the largest community between St. Boniface and the Pacific .. St. Boniface. St. Boniface. The town was built in and around the Y where Tail Creek -LRB- a tributary of Buffalo Lake -RRB- joins the Red Deer River , west of Red Deer , Alberta .. Tail Creek. Tail Creek. Buffalo Lake. Buffalo Lake ( Alberta ). Red Deer River. Red Deer River. The town met and welcomed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in January 1875 , including Sam Steele , who later placed a four-man detachment in the town .. Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Sam Steele. Sam Steele. The town was wiped out by a prairie fire in 1878 .. prairie fire. wildfire. It was not rebuilt , due to the extermination of the buffalo herds .. One cabin survived and is preserved in Stettler .. Stettler. Stettler, Alberta. The cemetery still exists .