Great Stories from the Canadian Frontier

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From the old rifle pit above the great meander ***bend of the South Saskatchewan*** I could feel the sun sinking its last rays painting the earth a subtle pink presaging the no-colours of dusk. Then, behind, the moon rose with a new light, washing the century old buildings at this place called ***Batoche*** - the place where the ***Metis*** made a final, desperate, futile stand in their battle for recognition as a distinct and separate people. ***Richard Thomas Wright, author Winter 1977***

subjects: Gordon T. Stewart (editor),  Brian Antonson (editor),  Western,  Canadian History,  Historical,  Frontier and pioneer life,  Adventure,  21 Authors,  History

People: Americans,  North Americans,  Canadians,  Metis,  Crees,  Assiniboines,  John Pritchard,  Louis Riel,  A.W. Johnson,  Philip Turnor,  Davey Crockett,  Francis Drake,  Robert Bruce,  Paul Revere,  French Canadians,  Simon Fraser,  David Thompson,  Alexander Mackenzie,  Sir Joyn A. MacDonald,  Abraham Lincoln,  George Washington,  Louis H. Lafontaine,  Robert Baldwin,  George Brown,  Winston Churchill Sir (1874-1965),  Samuel Hearne,  Peter Fidler

Places: Canada,  Sasktatchewan,  Saskatchewan River,  South Saskatchewan,  Batoche,  Wolfestown,  Dejardins Canal,  Calgary,  Cypress Hills,  Alberta,  Nova Scotia,  St. Albans,  Great Britain,  Marlborough,  Wellington,  United States,  Alamo,  Upper Canada,  Ontario,  Quebec,  British North America,  St. Louis,  Laval,  Europe,  Churchill River,  Hudson Bay,  British Columbia,  Rockies,  Lake Winnipeg,  Cedar Lake,  Hayes River,  Cumberland House,  South Branch House,  Manchester House,  Nisbet Provincial Forest of Saskatchewan

Times: 19th century