Battle of Fish Creek

Battle of Fish Creek
Bataille de la Coulée des Tourond (French)
Part of the North-West Rebellion

Contemporary lithograph of the Battle of Fish Creek
Date24 April 1885
Location
52°32′22.97″N 106°9′21.47″W / 52.5397139°N 106.1559639°W / 52.5397139; -106.1559639
Fish Creek, Saskatchewan
Result Metis victory; government advance temporarily halted.
Belligerents
Metis, Cree, Teton Sioux rebels Canada
Commanders and leaders
Gabriel Dumont Frederick Middleton
Strength
280[1] 900
Casualties and losses
11 Métis & Dakota dead[1][2]
18 wounded[1]

11

dead[3]
40 wounded[3]
Official nameBattle of Tourond's Coulee / Fish Creek National Historic Site of Canada
Designated1923
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 Battle of Fish Creek (also known as the Battle of Tourond's Coulée),[4] fought April 24, 1885 at Fish Creek, Saskatchewan, was a major Métis victory over the Canadian forces attempting to quell Louis Riel's North-West Rebellion. Although the reversal was not decisive enough to alter the ultimate outcome of the conflict, it was convincing enough to persuade Major General Frederick Middleton to temporarily halt his advance on Batoche, where the Métis would later make their final stand.

  1. ^ a b c Panet, Charles Eugène (1886). Report upon the suppression of the rebellion in the North-West Territories and matters in connection therewith, in 1885: Presented to Parliament. Ottawa: Department of Militia and Defence. p. 20.
  2. ^ Barkwell, Lawrence J. (2010). "Heroes of the 1885 Northwest Resistance. Summary of those Killed". Louis Riel Institute. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  3. ^ a b Panet (1886), p. xi
  4. ^ "Famous 1885 Battle Site Gains New Name" (Press release). Ottawa: Parks Canada. 17 November 2007.