Battle of Duck Lake

The Battle of Duck Lake was an infantry skirmish on 26 March 1885 between North-West Mounted Police forces of the Government of Canada, and the Métis militia of Louis Riel's newly established Provisional Government of Saskatchewan. The skirmish took place 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) outside Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, and lasted approximately 30 minutes, after which Superintendent Leif Newry Fitzroy Crozier of the NWMP, his forces having endured fierce fire with twelve killed and eleven wounded, called for a general retreat. The battle is considered the initial engagement of the North-West Rebellion. Although Louis Riel proved to be victorious at Duck Lake, the general agreement among historians is that the battle was strategically a disappointment to his cause.

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1885  Wikidata
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Location: 52.8165, -106.2327, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1885	Battle of Duck Lake	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1885	Battle of Batoche	battle	Wikidata
site	fort	1810	Fort Carlton	provincial park in Saskatchewan, fort, Hudson's Bay Company	Wikidata