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On March 26, 1885, the Battle of Duck Lake was the 1st armed engagement between North-West Mounted Police forces of the Government of Canada, and the Métis militia of Louis Riel's newly established Provisional Government of Saskatchewan. The 30-minute battle took place at the settlement of Duck Lake on the old Carlton Trail, between Métis headquarters at Batoche and NWMP headquarters at Fort Carlton.

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Battle of Duck Lake - Wikipedia

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Although the Métis militia won the Battle of Duck Lake, historians report that it was a strategic loss for Louis Riel and the Provisional Government of Saskatchewan. The high number of casualties suffered by the NWMP forces meant the Government of Canada was no longer interested in negotiation. Revenge and control of the territory became the focus of the Federal Government.