A guide to Saskatchewan sites of historical interest related to the Northwest Resistance of 1885. It was released by the Northwest Advisory Committee and approved by the Government of Saskatchewan in the hope that it would "heighten public interest...
A brief guide to Fort Carlton Historic Park, located near Duck Lake, SK, where an important scene of battle took place during the Northwest Resistance of 1885.
Washout of "temporary replacement bridge", which went out with the ice in 1905. Three houses shown at left on Nutana side served as hospitals during the Riel Rebellion in 1885. Large one at left is still standing at 326 11th Street. Crowd...
A detailed guide to Fort Carlton Historic Park, located near Duck Lake, SK, and was an important scene of battle during the Northwest Resistance of 1885.
This letter is from the Florence Kirk collection at the University of Regina Archives and Special Collections. Kirk spent 18 years teaching English at Ginling College in Nanking (Nanjing), China. In Nanjing Kirk was witness to both the Japanese...
Hiebert, Paul, 1892-1987; Canadian literature--20th century; Satire, Canadian;
Typescript copy (140 pages) of Sarah Binks that went to publisher. This book was first published in 1947, and it is based on some hundred poems supposedly written by Sarah Binks, "The Sweet Songstress of Saskatchewan."
Photograph of a cairn at old Fort Pitt erected by R.H. Hougham in 1950 in remembrance of the role Fort Pitt played in the Northwest Resistance. On 14 and 15 April 1885, Chief Big Bear's Cree band besieged the fort. After a skirmish in which a...
Regina (Sask.); Metropolitan Methodist Church; Knox United Church; United Church of Canada; Building (structures);
A sepia colored photograph of the Metropolitan Methodist Church. The Knox Presbyterian Church and the Metropolitan Methodist Church were directly in the path of the cyclone of 1912. The Metropolitan Methodist building, was designed by Darling and...
Saskatoon (Sask.); Baptist Church -- Saskatoon; Buildings (structures); Buildings and Architecture
Tinted colored photograph of the Baptist Church in Saskatoon. The church was constructed on the southeast corner of the intersection os 21st Street and Third Avenue. It was dedicated in 1905. A fire in 1943 destroyed the building. The church was...
