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Battle of Seven Oaks
1816 engagement of the Pemmican War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Seven Oaks—also known as the Seven Oaks Massacre and the Seven Oaks Incident—was a violent confrontation of the Pemmican War between the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) and the North West Company (NWC) which occurred on 19 June 1816 near modern-day Winnipeg, Manitoba.[2]
Battle of Seven Oaks | |||||||
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Part of the Pemmican War | |||||||
![]() An illustration of the battle by Charles William Jefferys | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
65[1] | 28[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 killed[1] |
21 killed[1] | ||||||
Official name | Battle of Seven Oaks National Historic Site of Canada | ||||||
Designated | 1920 | ||||||
Resulting in a decisive victory for the NWC over their rivals in the North American fur trade, the confrontation was the climax in a long series of dispute in the Canadas.[3]
The battle is also known as the Victory of the Frog Plain (French: la Victoire de la Grenouillère) among Métis People, whose members fought for the NWC during the battle.[2][4] The event would mark one of the first times the Métis asserted themselves as la Nouvelle Nation ('the New Nation') and fly the flag of the Métis Nation.[4]