Fort Pitt Provincial Park

Fort Pitt Provincial Historic Park marks the site of a North-West Mounted Police post and Hudson's Bay Company trading operation on the North Saskatchewan River that became one of the focal points of the 1885 North-West Resistance. In April 1885, NWMP Inspector Francis Dickens — son of novelist Charles Dickens — led a famous retreat downriver as tensions escalated, leaving the post to be briefly occupied before it was burned.

Interpretive signage and trails guide visitors through the riverside site, explaining the complex events of 1885 from multiple perspectives. The North Saskatchewan River valley setting is scenic and peaceful today, a striking contrast to the events that unfolded here 140 years ago.