Bertwell Shelter
The place
Bertwell Shelter in Eastern Saskatchewan, Hudson Bay/Wapella area (Duck Mountain Provincial Park, Manitoba/Saskatchewan border, Saskatchewan, Canada), at 411 m elevation, prairie parkland plateau. Continuous Canada Prairie cluster (batches 260-389, 2 entries near Boiler Junction). Provincial park shelter on the Trans-Canada Trail (name honoring Bertwell, a Saskatchewan settler + Duck Mountain Provincial Park 260 km² 1959 + Trans-Canada Trail / Great Trail, 28,000 km, world's longest recreational network, 1992, iconic + heritage of the Cree/Assiniboine/Sioux Dakota peoples (Plains Cree, an Algonquian people, 500,000 speakers of nêhiyawêwin + Assiniboine 60,000 speakers of Nakota/Nakoda + Treaty 4, September 15, 1874, Fort Qu'Appelle, reserves + Métis heritage, Louis Riel 1844-1885, North-West Rebellion 1885, provisional government at Batoche + Riel hanged in Regina November 16, 1885 + Cypress Hills Massacre 1873, 22 Assiniboine killed by an American whisky trader + creation of the NWMP 1873, iconic forerunner of the RCMP).
The setting
Eastern Saskatchewan Hudson Bay/Wapella Duck Mountain PP MB/SK SK Canada 411 m prairie parkland plateau, continuous cluster batches 260-389 2 entries near Boiler Junction, provincial park shelter Trans-Canada Trail Bertwell settler + Duck Mountain PP 260 km² 1959 + Trans-Canada Great Trail 28,000 km world's longest recreational network 1992, Cree/Assiniboine/Sioux Algonquian Plains Cree 500,000 nêhiyawêwin + Assiniboine 60,000 nakota nakoda + Treaty 4 Sept 15 1874 Fort Qu'Appelle reserves + Métis Louis Riel 1844-1885 North-West 1885 Batoche + Riel Regina Nov 16 1885 hanged + Cypress Hills 1873 22 Assiniboine whisky trader + NWMP 1873 RCMP.
