Fish Creek is a

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of the

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in the

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, north-east of

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. From its source near

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it flows north-east until it turns north to enter the South Saskatchewan River. It is notable as the site of the Battle of Tourond's Coulee/Fish Creek during the

North-West Rebellion The North-West Rebellion (), was an armed rebellion of Métis under Louis Riel and an associated uprising of Cree and Assiniboine mostly in the District of Saskatchewan, against the Government of Canada, Canadian government. Important events i ...

of 1885 between General Frederick Middleton of the

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and Gabriel Dumont, adjutant general of the Metis

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. The area is part of the

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biome. Fish Creek was the southern border of the Southbranch Settlement of French Métis who settled in the Saskatchewan Valley region in the mid to late 19th century. They knew it as Tourond's Coulee (). Dumont chose to fight the battle at this natural border region as a defensive action with his outnumbered forces as the Canadian troops drove north. Dumont had less than sixty Métis, and this small force held off the Canadian troops for a day. The fighting took place on April 24, 1885.Barkwell, Lawrence J. (2011). Veterans and Families of the 1885 Northwest Resistance. Saskatoon: Gabriel Dumont Institute. The battle proved to be a success for the Métis forces in that they bloodied Middleton's nose and stalled the Canadian advance on Batoche, Saskatchewan; capital of

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's provisional government, for another two weeks. Fish Creek also gives its name to a Saskatchewan Rural Municipality of Fish Creek No. 402 which encompasses the area today.

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Battle of Fish Creek, Northwest Rebellion by Fred Curzon
{{Authority control Rivers of Saskatchewan National Historic Sites in Saskatchewan South Saskatchewan River Tributaries of Hudson Bay Aberdeen No. 373, Saskatchewan Fish Creek No. 402, Saskatchewan

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