page_title: Southbranch Settlement
section_title: Missions
hierarchical_section_title: Southbranch Settlement / History / Missions
caption_attribution_description: English: Gabriel Dumont (1837-1906), Military Commander of the Métis during the Northwest Rebellion of 1885 Regarding copyright - Quotation "CONSULTATION/REPRODUCTION:Graphics: photos Restrictions on access: Nil USE/REPRODUCTION:Restrictions on use/reproduction: Nil Copyright: expired" Credit: Strong/Library and Archives Canada/PA-178147 Retrieved from: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020115_e.html
context_page_description: Southbranch Settlement was the name ascribed to a series of French Métis settlements on the Canadian prairies in the 19th Century, in what is today the province of Saskatchewan. Métis settlers began making homes here in the 1860s and 1870s, many of them fleeing economic and social dislocation from Red River, Manitoba. The settlements became the centre of Métis resistance during the North-West Rebellion when in March 1885, Louis Riel, Gabriel Dumont, Honoré Jackson, and others set up the Provisional Government of Saskatchewan with their headquarters at Batoche.
context_section_description: Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate established missions in the settlements during the 1870s and 1880s.
  St. Laurent, the oldest of the settlements, was originally the wintering home of Métis plains buffalo hunters. A mission was established in 1873 by Father Andre o.m.i..
  Duck Lake Mission (St. Sacrement) was also established by Father Andre o.m.i. in 1874.
  Batoche Mission (St. Antoine) was established in 1882 by Father Vegreville o.m.i..
  St. Louis de Langevin Mission was established in 1886 by Father Lecoque o.m.i.
  Fish Creek Mission was also established by Father Lecoque o.m.i..
  By 1888 all the Missions except Fish Creek had schools. St. Laurent had a post office, a telegraph office and a store. Duck Lake had a post office (called Stobart) a flour mill and a trading post. Batoche had three stores, a post office and a saloon. St. Louis had a store (at McDougall's crossing) and a post office (called Boucher).
caption: Gabriel Dumont (1837–1906)
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