Batoche Once More |
FTLComm - Batoche - Wednesday, June 25, 2003 |
In September of 1999 we first visited this place and visited only the army encampment and the site of the Caron farm. It was a moving experience, walked on the ground seeing the river and sky and knowing that this place is what the Metis called their home and fought to keep the land from being taken away from them by the government in Ottawa who needed to show Quebec that they meant business and the Metis were the demonstration material. |
For two decades or more Kelliher school has sent a class off to Fort Carlton each June then paid a visit to the historial park at Batoche and it was our luck to be invited to join them and document their experience. |
Tuesday's battle formation sky31 kb |
Kelliher student after lunch84 kb |
Nation Historical Park58 kb |
This is a big park81 kb |
The Show60 kb |
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Kelliher's students73 kb |
MIddleton38 kb |
Museum Display88 kb |
The Four Day War62 kb |
Magnificent display83 kb |
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Weapons78 kb |
Middleton's forces70 kb |
Metis Fortification85 kb |
Reverse view of gun pit94 kb |
Artillery62 kb |
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Dumont's Allies74 kb |
Museum looking West79 kb |
Dramatic Hallway78 kb |
Kelliher Students lap it up88 kb |
Gabriel Dumont's gun73 kb |
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Bad day for boating67 kb |
Mission Hill105 kb |
Weapons91 kb |
Off to the church117 kb |
Ancient site35 kb |
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Lot 5253 kb |
The Church47 kb |
Nineteenth Century42 kb |
From in front of the church93 kb |
Play at the rectory78 kb |
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Inside the Church71 kb |
Stations and lamps43 kb |
Icons of faith and devotion67 kb |
Peace and Love on a battlefield78 kb |
Light fingered soldiers73 kb |
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The river of life63 kb |
Simple beauty59 kb |
Ox Cart86 kb |
The rectory59 kb |
Hinge62 kb |
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Games table81 kb |
Rectory guide81 kb |
The rector's room47 kb |
Artifacts67 kb |
Dining table57 kb |
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Household62 kb |
The basics45 kb |
The Kitchen43 kb |
Post office47 kb |
Library77 kb |
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Slates85 kb |
Vestments59 kb |
Chapel64 kb |
From the rectory53 kb |
East Village52 kb |
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Lot 52 behind us53 kb |
Long Lots70 kb |
Those who died100 kb |
Odd lay out89 kb |
Traditions76 kb |
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Massed grave79 kb |
1959 Tragedy91 kb |
Gabriel Dumont73 kb |
Army fox holes43 kb |
One soldier's grave68 kb |
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Caron farm96 kb |
Inside the Caron house61 kb |
Inside the Caron house52 kb |
Zareba66 kb |
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History is vital to our understanding of ourselves, our culture and the political choices we have as responsible citizens in a democratic society. We usually do our historical study from library, research materials and of course, the Internet. But doing it first hand, being on the site, walking across the same places where an important even took place is added directly to your own personal life experience. For me living an afternoon at Batoche with the grade eight and nines from Kelliher gave me both perspective and immediate appreciation not just for what happened but for what this knowledge has done to each of us and how we will act and think differently because of what we learned and felt on the Batoche site. | ||||||||||
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Editor's note: The pictures on this page are the work of both Timothy and Judy Shire using three different digital cameras. | ||||||||||
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