Duck Lake

Town, central Saskatchewan, Canada. It lies between the North and South Saskatchewan rivers, 33 miles (53 km) southwest of Prince Albert. Originally settled about 1870 on nearby Duck Lake, the town was the site of the first clash (March 26, 1885) of the Riel (North West) Rebellion between M�tis (people of mixed American Indian and French or Scottish ancestry) led by Gabriel Dumont and a detachment