Battleford

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A placename in Saskatchewan, Canada; A fort settlement, in what was once the Northwest Territories, Canada
  2. 2
    A placename in Saskatchewan, Canada; A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  3. 3
    A placename in Saskatchewan, Canada; Collectively, the region around the town in Saskatchewan, Canada
  4. 4
    A battle named after the place

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battlefordsbattlefords

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"Dominion recriminations against the recalcitrant treaty population did not end with the Battleford executions in the fall of 1885."

Etymology

From Battle + ford. From the ford found on the Battle River near its confluence with the North Saskatchewan River in Saskatchewan.

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North BattlefordThe Battlefordsnorthwest territories

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