The Battle of Seven Oaks was a violent confrontation in what was known as the Pemmican War between the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) and the North West Company (NWC), rivals in the fur trade, that took place on 19 June 1816. It was the climax of a long dispute in western Canada. The Métis people, who fought for the North West Company, called it "the Victory of Frog Plain" (la Victoire de la Grenouillière).
Background
In 1814, Miles MacDonell, Governor of the Red River Colony (the area around present-day Winnipeg, Manitoba), issued the Pemmican Proclamation, which prohibited the export of pemmican from the colony for the next year. It was meant to guarantee adequate supplies for the Hudson's Bay Colony, but it was viewed by the North West Company as a ploy by employees of the Earl of Selkirk (majority shareholder of the Hudson's Bay Company) to monopolize the foodstuff, which was important to the North West Company.
The local Métis did not acknowledge the authority of the Red River Settlement, and this stand was probably consistent with the Royal Proclamation of 1763. The Pemmican Proclamation was a blow to both the Métis and North West Company. The North West Company accused the HBC of unfairly monopolizing the fur trade by this edict. As the North West Company floundered under these and other restrictions, the HBC attempted to take it over, but was not successful.
Seven Oaks or Sevenoaks may refer to:
Canada
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United Kingdom
Seven Oaks is an unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. Though it is included in the census-designated place of Odenton, it lies across from Fort Meade and the NSA, and is more apart of those communities. It covers more than 725 acres (2.93 km2) of land, and development began in 1987. The neighborhood includes a nature reserve, an elementary school, a community center with outdoor pool, fitness center, tennis courts, basketball court, 2nd smaller pool on the opposite side of the community, daycare center and a small shopping center. Seven Oaks has approximately 4,000 residential units and 1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m2) of retail, commercial and office space. Seven Oaks has single family homes, town homes, apartments, and duplex homes. It includes a daycare and three swimming pools.
The Base Realignment and Closure, 2005 plan is expected to bring about 700 families to Seven Oaks.
Education
The Seven Oaks area is served by the following schools:
Seven Oaks is a former provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created in 1956, and eliminated in 1989.
The riding was located in north-end Winnipeg, and was safe for the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and New Democratic Party for most of its history.
List of provincial representatives
Coordinates: 49°56′06″N 97°06′54″W / 49.935°N 97.115°W / 49.935; -97.115