Cochin-Green Lake Trail
N 53° 02.445 W 108° 20.015
12U E 678758 N 5880128
Just South of the Village of Cochin
Waymark Code: WMCP03
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Date Posted: 09/27/2011
Views: 2
A pioneer missionary, Father Louis Cochin lived among the Cree Indians and wintered here on shores of Jackfish Lake. Best remembered as the priest who ministered to Poundmaker Band in the Resistance/Rebellion of 1885.
The trail led to other Indian settlements on Birch Lake and Chitek Lake and the Hudson Bay Post on Green Lake.
Marker type: Cairn
Marker placement date: Not listed
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