Battle of Seven Oaks - Aftermath

Aftermath

The Métis were later exonerated by a Royal Commissioner appointed to investigate the incident. Lord Selkirk attempted to prosecute several members of the North West Company for murder, and kept Boucher in prison for nearly two years without specific charges. All trials ended in acquittals, and remaining charges were dropped. Members of the North West Company then counter-sued Selkirk, whose health and influence subsequently declined. Following Selkirk's death in 1820, the two companies merged in 1821, and Cuthbert Grant became an important figure in the new Hudson's Bay Company.

A plaque commemorating the battle was erected at the intersection of Main Street and Rupertsland Boulevard in the Winnipeg district of West Kildonan, the approximate centre of the battle site. The surrounding neighbourhood was named Seven Oaks after the battle.

The site was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1920.