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Batoche village, circa 1885

Batoche village, circa 1885; photographer unidentified.

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Publisher / custodian
Wikimedia Commons; original holding Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
Source date
circa 1885
Source type
Archival record
Format
Photograph
Regions
Batoche, Saskatchewan
Peoples / communities
Métis
Creator
Unknown photographer
Item identifier
P600,S6,D5,P1309
Item date
circa 1885
Holding institution
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec

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Batoche village, circa 1885; photographer unidentified. Unknown photographer / Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec / P600,S6,D5,P1309.
Batoche village, circa 1885; photographer unidentified. Unknown photographer / Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec / P600,S6,D5,P1309.
Creator
Unknown photographer
Source date / edition
circa 1885
Publisher / custodian
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
Licence
Public domain: individual Commons PD-Canada and PD-US/PD-US-expired tags

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Wikimedia Commons; original holding Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Batoche village, circa 1885. circa 1885. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Batoche_1885.jpg. Record checked 2026-09-30.

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