You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at On a cold November day in 1885, eight men sat in a guard room at Battleford, North West Territories. These men had seen the world change around them. When they were born, their families lived...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at We close out the 1880s in Canada today with a look at 1889. Overall, it was a quiet year. On Feb. 11, Andrew Elliott would pass away in San Francisco. He had been born in Ireland in 1829 and by...
When we look at the North West Resistance of 1885, most of the focus is on Louis Riel. He is the one who was tried for treason and hanged in Regina. He is the one seen as the leader of the Metis and the man who fought for their rights and to...