What is "batoche"

Batoche may refer to:

• Batoche, Saskatchewan, a historic site in Saskatchewan
• Batoche (electoral district), an electoral district in Saskatchewan
• Batoche (former electoral district), a former electoral district in Saskatchewan
• Batoche (N.W.T. electoral district), a former electoral district in the North-West Territories
• The Battle of Batoche during the North-West Rebellion

See also Batoche (former electoral district) and Batoche (N.W.T. electoral district)

Batoche is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located in north central Saskatchewan and has an economy based primarily on mixed agriculture and farm implement manufacturing. Bourgault Industries in St. Brieux manufactures harrows, cultivators, ploughs. The Batoche area is where Louis Riel led his Metis people in an armed uprising against the Canadian government in 1885. Batoche National Historic Site is located in this constituency.

A former electoral district of the same name was in existence from 1905 until 1908.

The largest communities are Birch Hills, Wakaw and Cudworth with populations of 935, 884 and 766, respectively. Smaller centres in the riding include the villages of St. Brieux, St. Louis, Lake Lenore, Duck Lake, Weldon and Middle Lake; and the town of Kinistino.

Batoche was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It was located in north central Saskatchewan, and was one of the original 25 electoral districts formed when the province was created in 1905. The electoral district was replaced before the next general election in 1908. Prior to the creation of the province, the riding existed as an electoral district of the North-West Territories.

A new district of the same name was created in 2002.

Batoche was a territorial electoral district in the Northwest Territories that existed from 1888 to 1905.