My Genealogy and History Page of
 ROCHE PERCÉE
 SASKATCHEWAN
&  AREA

 North West Mounted Police

 
The NWMP (NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE)
forerunner of the RCMP
(ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE)
stopped at Roche Percee
and this is an actual account below from the
diary of  Henri Julien
July 25, 1874
We reached Roche Percée. This singular rock is a white sandstone
of wind formation, running up like a crest from the bottom of the Souris Valley.
At its base. it measures about 35 feet in height and the base about 140 feet.
Some parts are softer than others, and from the combined influence
of wind and rain, fissures and holes have been worn through it.
On different parts of the rock are cut the names of people
who have passed by and many hieroglyphics which, of course,
remain a mystery to us.
                                           -Henri Julien

Sketch by Henri Julien in 1874


On Wednesday, May 26, 1999, at 1600 hrs
this March was re-enacted into the Village.
 
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CLOSE-UP OF THE PLAQUE
SHORT CREEK NWMP CAMP

NWMP CAIRN MARKING THE SPOT
WHERE THE NWMP CAMPED
125 YEARS AGO,
on July 25, 1874,
ON THEIR WAY TO FORT MCLEOD, ALBERTA
THIS WAS THE LOCATION OF THE SHORT CREEK CAMP
Top of Map is North

RED DOT indicates the location of this camp
Souris river is shown running East West
This is a copy of a 1927 map

See my Estevan  NWMP Wood End Museum Page
For more Pictures from this event

 
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