sentences:  and by 1888 the village had a school, a post office (called Stobart), a flour mill (gristmill) and a trading post.From 1882 to 1905 Duck Lake was within the District of Saskatchewan of the North-West Territories.In 1885, Duck Lake was the site of the Battle of Duck Lake, a conflict between Métis warriors and the Government of Canada, at the start of the North-West Rebellion.