Historical Markers and War Memorials in Maple Creek No. 111

By Jimmy Emerson, September 30, 2024

Cypress Hills Massacre National Historic Site Marker

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1 ► Saskatchewan, Maple Creek No. 111, Fort Walsh — Cypress Hills Massacre National Historic Site —

Cypress Hills Massacre National Historic Site Cypress Hills Massacre National Historic Site was designated in 2006, and commemorates the memory and legacy of the Nakoda people who died there at the hands of wolf hunters and whiskey . . . — — Map (db m289891) HM

2 ► Saskatchewan, Maple Creek No. 111, Fort Walsh — James Morrow Walsh — 1840-1905 —

Born at Prescott, Upper Canada, James Morrow Walsh was appointed a Superintendent of the North-West Mounted Police in 1873. He recruited, trained and led part of the new police force and held commands at Fort Walsh, which he founded in . . . — — Map (db m289889) HM

3 ► Saskatchewan, Maple Creek No. 111, Maple Creek — Maple Creek Cenotaph —

Lest we forget 1914 – 1918 1939 – 1945 Korean War - Peacekeepers - NATO wars Erected by the Major Walsh Chapter I. O. D. E. — — Map (db m196931) WM

4 ► Saskatchewan, Maple Creek No. 111, Maple Creek — North West Mounted Police —

On May 23, 1873 the Canadian Parliament passed a bill to form the North West Mounted Police. This force might not have became a reality except that on June 1, 1873 a small group of whites attacked an Indian encampment in the Cypress Hills [near . . . — — Map (db m202631) HM

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