Following the Northwest Resistance trail.

Valley Campground, Rosthern, SK (1 star)

Lee does not have a bucket list, but if he did, he would have crossed off an entry today. Today we followed the trail of two of the several events making up the Northwest Resistance, sometimes referred to as the Riel Rebellion.

First up was the battle at Tourond's Coulee, sometimes referred to as Fish Creek. The battle site is well marked and information boards are well done.

Second, we went to Batoche, which is essentially where the Northwest Resistance ended a few weeks after Fish Creek. Again, Parks Canada has done a great job in describing life at Batoche and of the final battle. We toured the area and spent some time in the cemetery looking for the grave of a foremother of our neighbour Cami Atkinson at Surfside. Sure enough, we found the grave of Rosalie Letendre amongst some of the earliest sites in that cemetery.

We finished off with a quick stop in Rosthern for groceries and then home in Valley Campground.

Lez should have paid attention in school! History was boring.

WOW what a history Saskatchewan has! It's taken this long to truly get some understanding of how our prairie provinces have developed as they have. It truly is sad though, the way the west was taken over. One can get very philosophical at this point, but that will be left for another time.

There is a lot of explanation of the Metis ways and Louis Riel's efforts to preserve the Metis rights and culture. Riel led resistances against the Canadian government of the day, ending with the Battle of Batoche (1885).