Frenchman_Butte

Frenchman Butte

Frenchman Butte

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For the rural municipality the geographic feature is located within, see Rural Municipality of Frenchman Butte No. 501.

Frenchman Butte is a butte located 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of Lloydminster, is named after a Frenchman who was killed there by Indians in the 19th century.[1] It is not known how or why this man was murdered. This was also the site of the Battle of Frenchman's Butte between Major-General Thomas Bland Strange and Cree Chief Big Bear.[2]

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The site of the battle was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1929.[3]

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  1. [1]
    Beal, Bob. "Frenchman's Butte, Battle of". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Archived from the original on May 10, 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  2. [2]
    Russell, E. T. Pete (Edmund Thomas Pete) (c. 1997). What's in a Name. Calgary : Fifth House Publishers. ISBN 1895618983.
  3. [3]
    Frenchman Butte. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 13 August 2012.


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