Battle Field / Duck Lake
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Image of the battlefield at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan during the Northwest Resistance.
Excerpt from Canada in the Great War. Vol. 3: Guarding the Channel Ports.
Historical note:
The Rocky Mountain Rangers, under Captain Stewart, and the Moose Mountain Scouts, under Captain White, were also put in commission for service during the 1885 Resistance.Children's book retells a traditional story. Suitable for use with Grades K-2.
Related material: Lesson Plan.
Historical note:
On 2 May 1885 Lieutenant Colonel William Otter was defeated by Poundmaker's war chief Fine-Day at the Battle of Cut Knife near Battleford, SK. A flying column of Canadian militia and army regulars was defeated by Poundmaker despite their use of a Gatling gun.Historical note:
A video made by the La Ronge Communications Society for La Ronge Community Television about commercial fishing on Lac La Ronge in the 1970s.