Frenchman Butte

{{Short description|Mountain in Saskatchewan, Canada}}

{{For|the rural municipality the geographic feature is located within|Rural Municipality of Frenchman Butte No. 501}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| location = Frenchman Butte, Frenchman Butte No. 501, Saskatchewan, Canada

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| website = {{url|www.frenchmanbuttemuseum.ca}}

{{Designation list |embed=yes |designation1=NHSC |designation1_offname=Frenchman Butte National Historic Site of Canada |designation1_date=1929 }}

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Frenchman Butte is a butte located {{convert|45|km}} northeast of Lloydminster, is named after a Frenchman who was killed there by Indians in the 19th century.{{cite web

| last = Beal

| first = Bob

| title = Frenchman's Butte, Battle of

| work = The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica Canada

| url = https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/battle-of-frenchmans-butte

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060510195440/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0003066

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| archive-date = May 10, 2006

| access-date =2008-07-05 }} It is not known how or why this man was murdered. This was also the site of the Battle of Frenchman's Butte between Major-General Thomas Bland Strange and Cree Chief Big Bear during the North-West rebellion.{{Cite book

| last = Russell

| first = E. T. Pete (Edmund Thomas Pete)

| title = What's in a Name

| publisher = Calgary : Fifth House Publishers

| year = c. 1997

| isbn =1895618983

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The site of the battle was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1929.{{CRHP|14509|Frenchman Butte|13 August 2012}}