Battle of Duck Lake
| Battle of Duck Lake Bataille du lac aux Canards (French) | |||||||
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| Part of the North-West Rebellion | |||||||
This contemporary illustration of the Battle of Duck Lake offers a romanticized depiction of the skirmish. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Provisional Government of Saskatchewan (Métis) | Canada | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Gabriel Dumont | Leif Crozier | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 200–250 | 95 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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5–6 dead 3 wounded |
12 dead 12 wounded | ||||||
National Historic Site of Canada | |||||||
| Official name | Battle of Duck Lake National Historic Site of Canada | ||||||
| Designated | 1924 | ||||||
The District of Saskatchewan in 1885 (within the black diamonds) included the central section of Saskatchewan and extended into Alberta and Manitoba.
The Métis conflict area is circled in black.
The Métis conflict area is circled in black.
The Battle of Duck Lake (26 March 1885) was an infantry skirmish 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) outside Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, 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 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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