Frog Lake Massacre

Frog Lake Massacre
Part of North-West Rebellion
Location53°49′52″N 110°21′31″W / 53.831186°N 110.358696°W / 53.831186; -110.358696
Frog Lake, Alberta
DateApril 2, 1885
11:00 am
TargetResidents of Frog Lake
Attack type
Massacre
Deaths9
PerpetratorsCree warriors led by Wandering Spirit
The District of Saskatchewan in 1885 (within the black diamonds) included the central section of Saskatchewan and extended into Alberta and Manitoba.

The Frog Lake Massacre was part of the Cree uprising during the North-West Rebellion in western Canada. Led by Wandering Spirit, Cree men attacked and killed nine officials, clergy and settlers in the small settlement of Frog Lake, at the time in the District of Saskatchewan in the North-West Territories[1] on 2 April 1885. (The location, about 200 kms east of Edmonton, is now within the province of Alberta.)

  1. ^ "Canadian Plains Research Center Mapping Division" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 13 September 2013., now located in the province of Alberta,