Wood Mountain Regional Park
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[edit] History
The North West Mountain Police were sent to the Wood Mountain area to establish the Queen's Law in the frontier west of early Canada. It was the 1870s, and Sitting Bull had led his large Sioux tribe away from The Little Big Horn after defeating Custer's incursion upon their native land. The Canadian government was concerned that the Sioux would cause problems, and charged Walsh of the NWMP with maintaining control of what amounted to Canada's first attempted peace keeping mission. Walsh succeeded, as he and Sitting Bull became close friends over the years, and there were never any serious problems caused by the American Indian settlers. Members of the tribe remain in the Wood Mountain area to this day. In 1890 the Wood Mountain Stampede was established, and it became an annual event held even through the World War years of 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, which has given it the title of the longest running annual rodeo in Canada. It is held each year still, the second weekend in July.
[edit] The Area
Wood Mountain is a large area just east of the East Block of the Grasslands National Park in southern Saskatchewan, which covers hundreds of square kilometers.
[edit] The Village
The Village of Wood Mountain is located in south central Saskatchewan, Canada. Current population is 20 as of June 2005.
[edit] The Wood Mountain First Nation
The Wood Mountain First Nation Reservation is located approximately 5 kilometers southwest of the village.
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