[1][2] Édouard Beaupré was born in the southern Saskatchewan town of Willow Bunch on January 9, 1881.

[1] His father worked as a freighter for the trader Jean-Louis Légaré, who was a cattle and horse rancher and also Beaupré's godfather.

[1] While in Montreal, on March 25, 1901, Beaupré wrestled Louis Cyr, a famous French Canadian strongman.

However, the circus refused to pay, so they decided to preserve the body which they then put on display in St. Louis.

Through an unknown connection, the body made it to the Museum of Eden in Montreal and was put on display there, but the exposition drew such a crowd that the authorities shut it down.

This time the effort worked, and so the university decided they could cremate the remains, to prevent anyone from grave-robbing the body.

The family had a memorial service, and his remains now lie in front of the Willow Bunch Museum.