The museum offers a glimpse of the old Battleford when the settlement, situated on the Battle River, was the first seat of Territorial Government. Named after Fred Light, a member of a pioneer Mounted Police family, the museum offers a collection of artifacts in theme rooms housed in a 1914 school building.

View the history of hockey great Emile "The Cat" Fancis, Frank Fowler, 1986 Canadian PGA Senior golf champion or the 1962 Canadian Schoolboy Curling champions. These are only some North Battleford residents on display in the North Battleford Sports Museum and Hall of Fame.

The museum and hall, located in the basement of the North Battleford Library at 1392-101 St. contains North Battleford's sports history on baseball, fastball, hockey, pistol and rifle shooting, bowling, track and field, golf, boating, swimming, football, soccer and wheelchair racing. More than 30 individuals and teams have been inducted into the sports museum and hall of fame.

Come and celebrate the rich baseball history of Saskatchewan at the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The first recorded baseball game (May 31, 1879) played in what was then the North West Territories occurred in Battleford.

Located at 292-22 St. in Battleford, the museum contains 4,000 artifacts pertaining to baseball in Saskatchewan. The museum is filled with a myriad of baseball memorabilia including artifacts, photographs, papers and various other donated items.

July - August:
Monday - Friday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Closed weekends and holidays.
Tours available weekends if arranged in advance.
September - June:
Daily: 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Fully wheelchair accessible.

Step back in time and experience the story of Saskatchewan agriculture and rural life at the Western Development Museum's Heritage Farm and Village in North Battleford.

"Old Abe," a giant eagle originally housed on the top of the Case building in Regina, greets visitors to the museum. Indoor displays include "the Jolly Life of a Farmer's Wife," a look at home and farm chores in early times and "Vintage Vehicles" an eclectic collection of horse-drawn and mechanized transportation. On 100 acres, the outdoor site features a village with more than 30 homes and businesses representing the boom years of the 1920's. A farmstead provides exciting opportunities to plan and harvest crops and to raise farm animals using the tools and techniques of the 1920s era. An original Saskatchewan Wheat Pool elevator built in 1928 and the 1913 railway station serve as reminders of early farm and grain marketing stories. A picnic site is also located outdoors with a campground nearby.

Open year round:
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
(seven days/week)

January 1 to March 31
Mondays- CLOSED
(closed weekends & statutory holidays)

Open Year Round and includes a gift shop.

The North West Mounted Police established Fort Battleford at the junction of the Battle and North Saskatchewan rivers, an area rich in Indian and fur trade history. The fort, constructed in 1876, played an important role in the settlement of the west. Broken promises and starvation set the stage for confrontation between Aboriginals and the federal government in 1885. That year, 500 settlers crowded into Fort Battleford, fearing an attack from Chief Poundmaker and his Cree. Members of the Fort Battleford Detachment were involved in a skirmish with Poundmaker at Cut Knife Hill. Eight Cree and Stoney prisoners were found guilty in the uprising and were hanged at Fort Battleford.

Today, you can tour original buildings, watch historic weapons demonstrations and view artifacts depicting the life of a Mountie back then and the pivotal role they played at settlement of the west. Take a guided tour with a costumed staff or walk the site on your own with a self-guided brochure.

Summer hours from May 19th, 2008 to September 1st, 2008
9:00 am-5:00 pm

September to May long weekend, tours by appointment only.

Titled Don't Fence Me In, this sculpture was commissioned by Battleford's Mural and Sculpture Inc. and funded by Battleford Furniture. In October, 2005, the bison found a permanent home at the Henry Bergan Memorial Park in North Battleford at the Corner of Hwy 16 and Hwy 40 E.

This sculpture is a life-size bison, that weighs 1,654 lbs and took 1200 hours to construct. Over 100 welding rods were used in the assembly of the armature, and approximately 10 miles of barbed wire and 20,000 hog ring clips were employed to simulate the animal's hide. The horns were formed from an amalgam of steel pipe, rebar, cast aluminum, and lead; the hooves are modified cultivator shovels; the eyes, large machinery bearings; and the nose derives from the axle of a seeder.

For more information about the sculpture visit http://www.donhefner.ca.

Contact Info:
Battlefords Tourism
P.O. Box 1715
North Battleford, SK S9A 3W2
Phone 306-445-2000
Toll Free 1-800-243-0394
Email