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Duck Lake
Duck Lake is a town in central Saskatchewan, Canada, located 88 kilometers (55 miles) north of Saskatoon and 44 kilometers (27 miles) south of Prince Albert on Highway 11. It lies within the Rural Municipality of Duck Lake No. 463, just south of the Nisbet Provincial Forest.
The town is home to the Cree First Nations, with the band government of the Beardy's and Okemasis' Cree Nation based here. Duck Lake also housed St. Michael's Indian Residential School, one of the last residential schools in Canada, which closed in 1996.
Founded by French-speaking Métis from Manitoba in the 1860s and 1870s, Duck Lake was one of the Southbranch Settlements. A Roman Catholic mission was established in 1874, and by 1888, the village had a school, post office (named Stobart), flour mill, and trading post. It was part of the District of Saskatchewan within the Northwest Territories from 1882 to 1905.
The Battle of Duck Lake, marking the start of the North-West Resistance, took place here in 1885. Duck Lake was a key location where the Prince Albert Trail crossed the Carlton Trail, midway between Batoche and Fort Carlton. The All Saints Anglican Church, built in 1896 in Carpenter Gothic style, is a municipal heritage site with a cemetery that holds the graves of battle participants and early settlers.
According to the 2021 Canadian census, Duck Lake had a population of 579 in 202 of its 232 private dwellings, with a population density of 243.3/km², reflecting a 1.8% increase from its 2016 population of 569.
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