On 19 June 1816, at a site known then as Frog Plain, colonial governor Robert Semple and about 26 men confronted a North West Company brigade led by Métis clerk Cuthbert Grant. A shot was fired and Semple and twenty of his men were killed. The following is a list, in alphabetical order, of those believed to have died in what is now referred to as the Battle of Seven Oaks:
James Bruin
Daniel Dinowan
James Gardner
Brian Giligan
Reginald Green
Edward Holt
Patrick Maroony
Duncan McDonnell
George McKenzie
Alexander McLean
Duncan McNaughton
John Mihin
James Moore
James Moore
John Rogers
Robert Semple
Henry Sinclair
Adam Sutherland
Donald Sutherland
James White
F. O. Wilkinson
See also:
The Forks and the Battle of Seven Oaks in Manitoba History edited by Robert Coutts and Richard Stuart
Manitoba Historical Society, 1994Seven Oaks: An Account of the Affair of Seven Oaks; and a Report of Proceedings of the Gathering for the Unveiling of the “Seven Oaks Monument,” June 19th, 1891 by George Bryce
MHS Transactions, Series 1, No. 43, Read 1891Historic Sites of Manitoba: Governor Semple School (150 Hartford Avenue, Winnipeg)
Memorable Manitobans: Robert Semple (1776-1816)
“Search File: Seven Oaks,” Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, A.10/2, fo. 323.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 October 2013
