| Battle of Seven Oaks | |||||||
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| Part of the Pemmican War | |||||||
 An illustration of the battle by Charles William Jefferys | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Hudson's Bay Company | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Cuthbert Grant |
Robert Semple † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 65[1] | 28[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 killed[1] |
21 killed[1] | ||||||
| Official name | Battle of Seven Oaks National Historic Site of Canada | ||||||
| Designated | 1920 | ||||||
The Battle of Seven Oaks—also known as the Seven Oaks Massacre and the Seven Oaks Incident—was a violent confrontation of the Pemmican War between the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) and the North West Company (NWC) which occurred on 19 June 1816 near modern-day Winnipeg, Manitoba.[2]
Resulting in a decisive victory for the NWC over their rivals in the North American fur trade, the confrontation was the climax in a long series of dispute in the Canadas.[3]
The battle is also known as the Victory of the Frog Plain (French: la Victoire de la Grenouillère) among Métis People, whose members fought for the NWC during the battle.[2][4] The event would mark one of the first times the Métis asserted themselves as la Nouvelle Nation ('the New Nation') and fly the flag of the Métis Nation.[4]
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Hargrave1871was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Barkwell, Lawrence (18 July 2018). "Battle of Seven Oaks". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- ^ Rea, J.E. (4 March 2015). "Seven Oaks Incident". The Canadian Encyclopedia (online ed.). Historica Canada. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012.
- ^ a b "Victory at Frog Plain". Manitoba Métis Federation. Retrieved 29 June 2024.