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Wanuskewin Heritage Park at twilight.
© Tourism Saskatchewan, Douglas E. Walker
machinery shop. Also on display are
a brick oven, bath house, agricultural
equipment and blacksmith's shop.
WEST CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN
SASKATCHEWAN
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An Aboriginal man in Wanuskewin Heritage
Park.
© Tourism Saskatchewan, Douglas E. Walker
Around Duck Lake
YELLOWHEAD
HIGHWAY
Southwest of Prince Albert, Duck Lake
was the site of one of the most famous
events in Saskatchewan history: the
battle between Louis Riel and his band
of Metis and the North West Mounted
Police. The Duck Lake Regional
Interpretive Centre
describes
the events as they unfolded, display-
ing artifacts from the Metis Resistance
campaign. A series of painted outdoor
murals welcome visitors, who can also
climb a tower which provides a view of
the battlefi eld grounds.
Veregin
Approximately 50km north off the
Yellowhead Highway, Veregin houses
the National Doukhobour Heritage
Village
, an 11-building com-
plex that throws light on one of the
province's most intriguing immigrant
groups. The Doukhobours came to
Saskatchewan in 1899 and established
a short-lived community here, eschew-
ing meat, alcohol and tobacco in favour
of an agrarian existence. They soon
moved farther west, but this museum
preserves the original prayer home and
Located some 25km west of Duck
Lake, Fort Carlton Provincial Historic
Park
dates from 1810 and is an-
other in the string of Hudson's Bay
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