NWMP

Whole troop of the NWMP were through here looking for some big shot that got lost in the bush, I recall.

The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010

Whole troop of the NWMP were through here looking for some big shot that got lost in the bush, I recall.

The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010

Whole troop of the NWMP were through here looking for some big shot that got lost in the bush, I recall.

The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010

The CPR, the NWMP, the territorial government, the federal schemes that populated the prairies from 1890 to 1920 ... these things that sustained and even CREATED the west were, in fact, colossal "transfer payments" of the first order.

can of worms 2005

The CPR, the NWMP, the territorial government, the federal schemes that populated the prairies from 1890 to 1920 ... these things that sustained and even CREATED the west were, in fact, colossal "transfer payments" of the first order.

can of worms 2005

NWMP patrol guarding the border during the 1885 North-West

Thestar.com - Home Page Hans Werner 2010

Ironically, the NWMP was formed as a response to an

Thestar.com - Home Page Hans Werner 2010

At Fort Macleod, home of the first Northwest Mounted Police Musical Ride in 1876 and first NWMP western outpost, riders dressed in vintage Mountie gear rode in to herald the start of

canada.com Top Stories 2010

Canadians were so outraged that Macdonald's successor, Alexander Mackenzie, hastily pushed the NWMP through, albeit at first for only 150 men, about half the planned strength.

Thestar.com - Home Page Hans Werner 2010

There's also "the Sherlock Holmes of the NWMP" Constable Alex Pennycuick, and legendary half-Blackfoot, half-Scots guide Jerry Potts.

Thestar.com - Home Page Hans Werner 2010