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| | May 23 - May 29 |
 | | Capitalising on public concern, Sir John A. Macdonald introduced legislation, passed unopposed on May 23, 1873, to "organise a mounted police force, somewhat similar to the Irish Mounted Constabulary" who would be armed, but would act as a civil force to administer law and order in the Territories. |
 | | On May 28, 1881, railway surveyor Albert Bowman Rogers discovered the pass that would bear his name, the Rogers Pass, which offered a passable, though difficult route through the Selkirk Mountains. |
 | | On May 17, newly crowned King George VI and Queen Elizabeth landed at Quebec City to begin a month-long trip that would take them to all of Canada's nine provinces. |
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