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Bell of Batoche displayed at Saskatchewan historic site

It was a brief but highly anticipated return for the Bell of Batoche to the Batoche National Historic site. Leslie Knight / Global News

SASKATOON – Visitors at the Batoche National Historic Site in Saskatchewan got a short opportunity to see the Bell of Batoche.

The church bell, which made its public return to the province during a mass in Batoche over the summer, was on display at the site between Thursday and Saturday.

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The bell was seized from Batoche’s church as a trophy of war by federal troops who put down the Northwest Rebellion of 1885.

It was stolen from an Ontario legion hall in 1991.

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