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The Hudson Bay Co. only traded for one season, competition from whiskey selling independent traders and the tense situation between Assiniboine and Blackfoot made it unsafe for Cowie to remain. In the spring, Cowie decided to abandon the post. After Cowie left the post it was burned to the ground.In 1873 some 60 Metis' families settled in the coulee, then called Chapel Coulee, complete with a church and a visiting Roman Catholic priest on a regular circuit.In 1879 the NWMP established a post on the same site as the Hudson Bay Trading Post and part of the Metis' village. This was the most easterly detachment from the newly built Fort Walsh. The small detachment at the east end post was to watch over the ever growing number of Sioux who had fled from the Battle of the Little Big Horn.In 1887, the whiskey trading had been curtailed, the Riel Rebellion was over and Sitting Bull had returned home. It was at this time that the post was moved closer to the present location of EASTEND, along the White Mud River, (Frenchman).Thus the town of Eastend began as the most eastern detachment from Fort Walsh and was the east end of their patrol

With full service RV sites, cosy sheltered tent sites, or fully equipped deluxe fourseason cottages, our campground is the ideal base of exploration for the many exciting treasures in Southwest Saskatchewan. Spacious, treed and grassy sites with 50, 30 and 15 amp service. Pull through sites large enough to accommodate today's huge RV's FREE showers Great facilities for group camping and family reunions Walking distance to downtown Maple CreekOpen Year Round (Cottages)(Campground, partial service in winter)

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