Visit the Frog Lake National Historic Site to learn about the uprising of April 2, 1885. Explore the archaeological remains and learn what led the Cree warriors to attack the community and burn the village to the ground.
The 1.6 hectare Frog Lake Historic Site – amid rolling aspen spruce parkland, 3.5 kilometres south of the Village of Frog Lake and 13 kilometres northeast of the North Saskatchewan River – was designated as a Provincial Historic Resource on June 15, 1976.
The events at Frog Lake occurred during a time of heightened tension between Prairie First Nations and the Government of Canada. The Plains Cree were faced with severe food shortages due to the sharp decline in bison herds and the government’s decision to withhold rations that had been promised in Treaty 6.
Frog Lake is also a National Historic Site, as it tells: “A story of hardship, confusion, hunger and a retaliation that would cost the community everything.
