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Frenchman Butte
Frenchman Butte
Location	Frenchman Butte, Frenchman Butte No. 501, Saskatchewan, Canada
Coordinates	53°37′38″N 109°34′33″W / 53.62722°N 109.57583°W
Website	www.frenchmanbuttemuseum.ca
National Historic Site of Canada
Official name	Frenchman Butte National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	1929

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]

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

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

[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] Russell, E. T. Pete (Edmund Thomas Pete) (c. 1997). What's in a Name. Calgary : Fifth House Publishers. ISBN 1895618983.

[3] Frenchman Butte. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 13 August 2012.

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