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Battle of Duck Lake

26 March 1885 · 19th century · Part of the North-West Rebellion

The Battle of Duck Lake was fought on 26 March 1885 near Duck Lake in present-day Saskatchewan, where Métis and First Nations fighters under Gabriel Dumont defeated a force of North-West Mounted Police and volunteers led by Superintendent Leif Crozier. Twelve of the government force were killed. The clash began the armed phase of the North-West Resistance.

Battle of Duck Lake
Image: Believed to be from The Canadian Pictorial & Illustrated War News, a souvenir number published on 1885-07-04, or The Illustrated … · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Provisional Government of Saskatchewan

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Battle of Duck Lake. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/battle-of-duck-lake
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