Battle of Frenchman's Butte

BelligerentsCreeCanadaCommanders and leadersWandering SpiritThomas Bland StrangeStrength 200

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Frenchman Butte National Historic Site of CanadaDesignated1929

The Battle of Frenchman's Butte, fought on May 28, 1885, occurred when the Alberta Field Force attacked a force of Cree, dug in on a hillside near Frenchman's Butte. The battlefield is located in what was then the District of Saskatchewan of the North-West Territories, now the province of Saskatchewan.