Photograph of the site where Louis Riel was executed in Regina, Northwest Territories, Canada

Photograph of the site where Louis Riel was executed outside the Royal Canadian Mounted Police headquarters in Regina, Northwest Territories. From Michael Davitt’s tour of Northwest Canada in 1891. Written on the back: ‘The window on the gable is that out of which Louis Riel stepped when executed. T...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Unattributed
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin 2020
Subjects:
Regina Sask.
Northwest Territories
Royal Canadian Mounted Police > Buildings
Riel, Louis, 1844-1885 > Death and burial
Regina Northwest Territories
Canada
Regina
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.48495/wp988j948
https://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/concern/works/wp988j948
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Summary:Photograph of the site where Louis Riel was executed outside the Royal Canadian Mounted Police headquarters in Regina, Northwest Territories. From Michael Davitt’s tour of Northwest Canada in 1891. Written on the back: ‘The window on the gable is that out of which Louis Riel stepped when executed. The boarding underneath encloses the spot on which the scaffold was erected [Regina, Saskatchewan]’.

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