The Battle of Seven Oaks (known to the Métis people as la Victoire de la Grenouillière, or the Victory of Frog Plain; also known as the Seven Oaks Massacre) was a violent confrontation between the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) and the North West Company, rival fur-trading companies on June 19, 1816, climaxing what was a long dispute in western Canada.
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