On Old Saskatchewan Highway 4 (Provincial Highway 658) 1.1 kilometers west of Provincial Highway 4, on the left when traveling west.
Constructed of local brick in 1877-78 this was the first land registry office in the North-West Territories and the oldest known brick building in Saskatchewan. Containing records of all private and public land in the Territories, this office . . . — — Map (db m212000) HM
Near 3 Avenue West 0.5 kilometers south of Old Saskatchewan Highway 4 (Provincial Highway 658), on the left when traveling south.
The landmark that came to be known as "Old Government House" burned to the ground on June 7, 2003, a victim of vandalism. It was a sad end to a historic structure created as a seat of government but used far longer as a place of learning. Over a . . . — — Map (db m211942) HM
Near Central Avenue just north of Campbell Innes Way, on the right when traveling north.
Here in July 1876, Superintendent James Walker established a post of the North-West Mounted Police in the heart of the Cree country. "The Fort" grew to a strength of 200. During the uprising of 1885 it gave refuge to more than 400 people . . . — — Map (db m202597) HM
Near 3 Avenue West 0.5 kilometers south of Old Saskatchewan Highway 4 (Provincial Highway 658), on the left when traveling south.
"It must be the largest and finest house in all the land." Lt.-Gov. David Laird Battleford was the capital of the Northwest Territories from 1876 to 1883. From here at Government House, the territorial government managed a vast expanse of . . . — — Map (db m211931) HM
On 3 Avenue West 0.4 kilometers south of Old Saskatchewan Highway 4 (Provincial Highway 658), on the right when traveling south.
In 1876 Government House, the seat of government for the North-West Territories, was constructed. The North-West Council held its annual sessions here in 1878, 1879 and 1881. In 1883, the seat of government was transferred to Regina. From 1883 to . . . — — Map (db m211929) HM
On 3 Avenue West 0.4 kilometers south of Old Saskatchewan Highway 4 (Provincial Highway 658), on the left when traveling south.
Between 1877 and 1883, the North-West Territories, an area then comprising over two-thirds of Canada, were administered from this location. As the centre of government for this region, Government House contained the offices and chambers of the . . . — — Map (db m211919) HM
Near 3 Avenue West 0.5 kilometers south of Old Saskatchewan Highway 4 (Provincial Highway 658), on the left when traveling south.
Government House became an industrial school for First Nations youth when the capital of the Northwest Territories shifted to Regina in 1883. Operated by the Church of England, Battleford Industrial School was one of more than a dozen such schools . . . — — Map (db m211933) HM
On Old Saskatchewan Highway 4 (Provincial Highway 658) 1.1 kilometers west of Provincial Highway 4, on the left when traveling west.
The Land Registry Office building is the only original Government Ridge structure still standing. Constructed in 1877, the registry office recorded all land sales in the Northwest Territories. The outside walls are almost half a metre thick and one . . . — — Map (db m211999) HM
On Old Saskatchewan Highway 4 (Provincial Highway 658) 1.1 kilometers west of Provincial Highway 4, on the right when traveling west.
The North-West Territories Act of 1875 provided for the administration of the territories by a resident Lieutenant-Governor and an appointed Council. The North-West Council held its first session in 1877 at Fort Livingstone while permanent . . . — — Map (db m289980) HM
On 2 Avenue West just south of 25 Street, on the right when traveling south.
Between 28 March and 24 April 1885 almost 600 people — most of the white and Métis population of the area — took refuge in the North-West Mounted Police post here in anticipation of a general Indian uprising in support of Riel. Although . . . — — Map (db m220990) HM
Near 3 Avenue West 0.5 kilometers south of Old Saskatchewan Highway 4 (Provincial Highway 658), on the left when traveling south.
Government House spent most of its remaining years in the care of Oblate priests, who purchased the site in 1931 and turned it into a seminary called the Oblate House of Studies. St. Thomas College, a boarding high school for students in grades 9 . . . — — Map (db m211941) HM
On 2 Street South (Old Provincial Highway 658) at Provincial Highway 4, on the left when traveling east on 2 Street South.
The Saskatchewan Herald was founded on this site in 1878 by Patrick G. Laurie. It was the first newspaper in the Territories. Laurie brought in his printing press by ox-cart from Fort Garry, a trek of 72 days. His own publisher, editor, . . . — — Map (db m289983) HM
On 3 Avenue West 0.4 kilometers south of Old Saskatchewan Highway 4 (Provincial Highway 658), on the right when traveling south.
[English] In February 1876 Battleford, on the projected rail and telegraph lines, was chosen as the site of the new capital of the North-West Territories, and that summer construction was begun on quarters for the . . . — — Map (db m211899) HM
Near 3 Avenue West 0.5 kilometers south of Old Saskatchewan Highway 4 (Provincial Highway 658), on the left when traveling south.
When the Seventh-day Adventist Church agreed to rent the Government House property for $5 per year in 1915, it may have sounded like a wonderful deal. However, the 10-year arrangement left the church responsible for costly maintenance and any . . . — — Map (db m211939) HM
On 2 Street South (Old Provincial Highway 658) at Provincial Highway 4, on the left when traveling east on 2 Street South.
Telegraph Flat was named in 1876 when the Dominion Telegraph Company opened its western terminus office on this site. In the same year the Hudson's Bay Company built a nearby trading post, and the North-West Mounted Police established its . . . — — Map (db m289967) HM
On Central Avenue at 20th Street West, on the right when traveling north on Central Avenue.
Born 20 April, 1908, at Fort Battleford, the youngest son of Staff Sergeant Frederic Walter Light, North West Mounted Police, and Mrs. Light (Nee Phyllis Young), he attended Battleford elementary and secondary schools. A student of the celebrated . . . — — Map (db m289900) HM
