Fort Battleford

In July 1876, Superintendent James Walker established a post of the North-West Mounted Police here in the heart of the Cree country. The fort grew to a strength of 200. During the uprising of 1885 it gave refuge to more than 400 people and was the base for operations at Cut Knife Hill and Fort Pitt leading to the surrender of Chief Poundmaker and the search for Big Bear. With the extension of settlement and mechanization of the Force, it ceased to be the barracks in 1924.

Saskatchewan · Canada