Loon Lake

A photograph of Charlie Trottier (seated with cane in the centre), probably at home in Loon Lake, Saskatchewan, in the 1950s. He saw action in the Batoche area during the 1885 Riel resistance.

Henry Dufresne (left) and Charles Trottier (right) who lived in Loon Lake in 1947. During the Rebellion Dufresne was an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company and surrendered to the Indians with 27 others at Fort Pitt. Trottier was a lieutenant of Gabriel Dumont at Duck Lake.

Historical note:

This photograph is part of a collection of images used by Reg Taylor of the Saskatoon Star Phoenix in an article he wrote which featured William Bleasdell Cameron, a survivor of the so-called Frog Lake Massacre, 2 April 1885. The article appeared in the Star Phoenix October 23, 1947.

A postcard inscribed: Indian drying meat, Loon Lake, Sask. There is a full-length photo of an Aboriginal man by meat drying structure with tent in background. He is dressed in western clothes.

A photograph of Matilda Trottier (nee Black) at her home in Loon Lake, Saskatchewan, probably in the 1950s. She had a child named Mabel with George Mann Jr. in Onion Lake in 1898, and later married Charlie Trottier. She was employed at the Anglican residential school in Onion Lake in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Image of wooded area overlooking Loon Lake, site of the Battle of Steele Narrows or Battle of Loon Lake (June 3, 1885). Note on back reads: "This is the site of Big Bear's Camp when he was surprised by Steele in 1885. Picture taken from S.W. from up the hill."

Autobiography of Leslie Garrett, born 1898 into a religious family in England. He became a minister of the Church of England after emigrating to Canada in 1913. In 1923 he was assigned to Big Trout Lake, ON, and did missionary work among the Aboriginal population for 31 years. In 1953 he moved to Loon Lake, SK, as a senior missionary for the Northern Canada Evangelical Mission.

A postcard inscribed: Indian woman making bannock, Loon Lake, Saskatchewan. A photograph of an Aboriginal woman squatted in a camp surrounded by pots and pans. Two frying pans of bannock are propped up next to a fire that has a pot on it.

A photograph of the Little Narrows, between Loon Lake and Tullibee Lakes, near the town of Loon Lake, that was the scene of the last fight between Big Bear's Indians and troops during the Rebellion of 1885. See Star-Phoenix of October 23, 1947.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2014.