Clark's Crossing
N 52° 18.247 W 106° 21.668
13U E 407194 N 5795735
This cairn is off main highway.
Waymark Code: WMKZFE
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Date Posted: 06/21/2014
Views: 5
The plaque reads:
Clark's Crossing
About eight kilometers west of here was Clark's Crossing, named for John F. Clark who came west in 1879 as an assistant to the Geological Survey of Canada.
Clark established a ferry in 1881, which ran irregularly until 1889. About 550 meters south of the ferry, the Dominion Telegraph line crossed the South Saskatchewan River in 1876, and a telegraph station was opened here in 1884. Clark's Crossing was also on the route of the first Canadian Pacific Railway survey.
During the North-West Rebellion of 1885, the Canadian Commander, Major General Frederick Middleton, split his forces advancing on the Metis headquarters at Batoche into two columns here. On April 20 and 21, one column was ferried across the left bank of the river. Three days later the Metis led by Gabriel Dumont surprised the column on the right bank at Fish Creek, forty kilometers to the north, where an indecisive battle was fought.
Government of Saskatchewan
Marker type: cairn
Marker placement date: Not listed
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