Batoche

Fields along the river, notice the canola farther up on the field.

Part of Carlton Trail going through Batoche.

Cattle grazing along the river.

The interpertation center at Batoche.

Field of wild grass at Batoche.

The church and rectory at Batoche, there is still bullet holes in the top of the rectory from the Gatling gun that the Canadian army was using.

An example of the river lots that used to be in Batoche. Every lot went down to the river so that all the people have access to the river. You can see the rows of trees that border each plot of land.

Another shot of the Church and other buildings.

A cool hay field.

The cemetary at Batoche.

Tina and I went to Batoche on Saturday to check it out. Batoche is the site of the battle between the Metis settlers there and the Canadian Army in 1885. The church and rectory still stand here and you can see the rifle pits of the metis people if you hunt around in the fields a bit. The cemetary is still in use today by the Metis people. We went to the church and cemetary as well as the East Village site. The East Village site was just the remains of the former Metis houses that were in the village. There was also a site where the Metis people had a ferry to get across the South Saskatchewan River. On Monday Tina and I are going to go to Fort Carlton which is on the North Saskatchewan River and where the Canadian soldiers were stationed at the time of the Battle of Batoche. Ride safe and have fun.