Sentry Box in Prince Albert during Rebellion (some question as to info)
Database ID | 28866 | |
Institution | Prince Albert Historical Society | |
Fonds/Collection | PAHS Archives collection | |
File/Item Reference | H-401 Sentry (PAHS Network) | |
Date of creation | 1885 | |
Physical description/extent | 1 photograph; unknown | |
Number of images | 1 | |
Scope and content | The individual in the photograph is on guard duty at a sentry post at Prince Albert, NWT, 1885. A few possibilities exist for what this photograph represents. It appears to be a Northwest Mounted Police man (note the pith helmet), or less likely, a member of the Prince Albert Volunteers, or the Prince Albert Home Guard taken during the "siege" of Prince Albert. Another possibility is that this man is one of General Middleton's regular forces from the Northwest Field Force, who marched onto Prince Albert following their victory at the Battle of Batoche to relieve the town from its percieved state of siege, before heading West to pursue Big Bear and Wandering Spirit's Cree. | |
Restrictions on access | None. | |
Copyright expiry date | Unknown | |
Other terms governing use and reproduction | Responsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher. | |
Type | Archival | |
Primary Media | Photographs | |
Provenance Access Point | PAHS Archives | |
Place | Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | Treaty 6 Canada -- National | |
Cultural region | Plains Subarctic Canada -- National | |
Names | North West Field Force North West Mounted Police Prince Albert Home Guard Prince Albert Volunteers | |
Subject | Community Histories Community Life Northwest Resistance Warfare Royal Canadian Mounted Police Armed Forces -- service Armed Forces Metis -- Communities Metis -- History Indigenous Peoples General | |
Date Range(s) | 1880-1889 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/28866 |