The Battle of Fort Pitt was an engagement during the North-West Rebellion in which Cree forces under the leadership of Big Bear captured Fort Pitt from a detachment of the North-West Mounted Police on April 15, 1885.
The event occurred during a broader period of conflict in the North-West Territories involving Cree and Métis groups and Canadian government forces in 1885. This period included a number of confrontations at isolated settlements and posts, although the Battle of Fort Pitt itself centred on the surrender and capture of the fort rather than a direct assault on nearby settlements.
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