Dave TheDruid-3X3After leaving the No5 WW2 Gunnery School, I drove North to Melfort and turned right onto Hwy #3 and at about 4.8Km West of Tisdale, came upon another Historical Cairn which is Commemoration of a 1920 Gunfight that occurred there.
Location Coordinates:
Lat = 52.84165,
Long = -104.06786
Here is the Text of the Plaque:
“SHFS
Saskatchewan History & Folklore Society Inc.
Tisdale Gun Fight
On Sept.19 1920, the Saskatchewan Provincial Police (SPP)
handled a sensational Manhunt & Gun Battle. Four Men
robbed Lumberman at Barrows Junction, Manitoba. They
walked the Canadian Northern Railway Tracks into
Saskatchewan. The Manitoba Provincial Police alerted SPP
Constable Joe Ives and Two Railway Section Men met the
Thieves on the Tracks East of Hudson Bay Junction. After
exchanging Shots, the Thieves ran into the bush. More Police
later arrived to search kilometers of Track. Ives found &
Arrested Two of the Outlaws, Wasyl Braschuk & John
Fashchowy in the Hamlet of Peesane.
Sept.21, Railwayman Nick Polloway Tracked Footprints to a
disturbed haystack 4.8Km East of Tisdale. The Police
surrounded the 15.2 tonne haystack. During the all day
Shoot-Out, the SPP pleaded with the Hidden Men to Surrender.
Finally Inspector R.R.Tait ordered the Stack burned. The
Hidden Men Jerry Smule & “Tony” Kozal died by Fire or
Gunshot. Brashuck & Fashchowy served 7 years in Prison for
Attempted Murder of Ives and carrying Offensive Weapons.
Erected by the Town of Tisdale
“Gathering, Prserving and Promoting Interest
in the History and Folklore of the are now know as
Saskatchewan”
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Attached are Pictures of the Roadside Monument: