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Battle of Frenchman Butte National Historic Site

(15 minutes from Paradise Hill)  North of Frenchman Butte on Provincial Grid #191.  Walk the paths of battle sites and see the rifle pits where Wandering Spirit's Warriors fought the Alberta Field Force to a stalemate in the Riel Rebellion of 1885.

Fort Pitt Historic Park

(30 minutes from Paradise Hill)  15 km west of Frenchman Butte on Provincial Grid #797 and 5 km south.  Once a bustling fur trading post, Fort Pitt was the site of the signing of Treaty #6 in 1876.  Fort Pitt was burned and hostages taken during the 1885 Northwest Rebellion.  A picnic area lies under giant trees and descriptive plaques outline the fort's features and history.