Fort Pitt
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| Database ID | 28303 |
| Institution | Saskatoon Public Library Local History Room | | Fonds/Collection | General Photographs Collection | | File/Item
Reference | PH-87-104 |
| Date of creation | 1947 |
| Physical
description/extent | one photograph; b&w; 24 cm x 17 cm |
| Number of images | 1 |
| Historical note | This photograph is part of a collection of images used by Reg Taylor of the Saskatoon Star Phoenix in an article he wrote which featured William Bleasdell Cameron, a survivor of the so-called Frog Lake Massacre, 2 April 1885. |
| Scope and content | A photograph of the site of Fort Pitt taken in 1947. It was the Hudson Bay trading post on the North Saskatchewan River between Battleford and Edmonton that was looted and burned by Plains Cree warriors during the 1885 resistance. The depression next to the river on the right is where the NWMP were allowed to leave the Fort on a scow and float downriver to Battleford. |
| Restrictions on
access | There are no restrictions on access. |
| Contributer | Taylor, Reg |
| Copyright holder | public domain |
| Other terms governing
use and reproduction | If used researchers must credit Saskatoon Public Library-Local History Room. |
| Type | Archival | | Primary Media | Photographs | | Provenance Access
Point | General Photographs Collection | | Language of material | English | | Place | Fort Pitt, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Treaty boundaries | Treaty 6 | | Cultural region | Plains | | Subject | Northwest Resistance | | Date Range(s) | 1940-1949 |
| Permanent Link |
https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/28303
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