Stopping the Survey

Stopping the Survey is a Manitoba Heritage Council commemoration in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Manitoba · Scurfield Boulevard and, Fleetwood Road, Winnipeg · location approximate

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In 1868, the Canadian government negotiated transfer of the vast territory known as Rupert’s Land from the Hudson’s Bay Company to Canadian control effective December 1, 1869. Uneasy about their land and democratic rights under the proposed new regime, the Métis organized a series of mounted patrols to deter the land staking and speculation by Canadians on territory considered to belong to the Métis. Near this site on October 11, 1869, a mounted patrol of nineteen unarmed Métis, led by Louis Riel, confronted a Canadian government survey crew and compelled it to withdraw. The crew had been making a base line across Métis Red River lots for the establishment of a first township north of Ste. Anne. The Métis challenge to the legitimacy of Canada’s activities served notice that the residents of Red River would not permit the establishment of Canadian rule before they were consulted and guaranteed their rights. This first public act of the Red River Resistance led ultimately to the creation of the new province of Manitoba on July 15, 1870.

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En 1868, le gouvernement canadien négocia avec la Compagnie de la baie d'Hudson le transfert du vaste territoire appelé Terre de Rupert dont il prit le contrôle à compter du 1er décembre 1869. Inquiets quant à la préservation de leurs terres et de leurs droits démocratiques sous une nouvelle autorité, les Métis organisèrent une série de patrouilles montées pour empêcher les Canadiens de spéculer et d'effectuer des travaux d'arpentage sur un territoire qui était supposé appartenir aux Métis. Le 11 octobre 1869, près d'ici, une patrouille montée de 19 Métis non armés, avec à sa tête Louis Riel, obligea une équipe d'arpenteurs à quitter les lieux. Cette équipe était en train de fixer des repères sur les lots des Métis de la rivière Rouge pour établir le premier township au nord de Sainte-Anne. Le défi à la légitimité de ses activités par les Métis indiqua au gouvernement canadien que les habitants de la région ne reconnaîtraient pas son autorité avant d'avoir été consultés et avant d'avoir obtenu la garantie de leurs droits. Ce premier acte public de la Résistance de la rivière Rouge mena, en fin de compte, à la création de la nouvelle province du Manitoba, le 15 juillet 1870.

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Stopping the Survey

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