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	Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP or Mounties), originally the North West Mounted Police, is both the federal and national police force of Canada.
		In 1903 jurisdiction was extended to the Arctic coast, and in 1912 to northern Manitoba.
		On February 1, 1920 the RNWMP was merged with the Dominion Police and was renamed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police with responsibility for federal law enforcement in all provinces and territories.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/r/ro/royal_canadian_mounted_police.html (1035 words)

	Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The RCMP was created as the North West Mounted Police on May 23, 1873 by Sir John A. Macdonald, the first prime minister of Canada, with the intent of bringing law and order to (and asserting Canadian sovereignty over) the North-West Territories (which then included modern day Alberta and Saskatchewan).
		Members of the NWMP were known to exchange kit with US cavalry units along the border and it is suggested that this was the initial source for the trousers; however, blue trousers were considered early on, although with a white strap.
		Although it is a police force, the RCMP has the status of a regiment of dragoons, and as such is entitled to wear battle honours for its war service.
	www.hackettstown.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Royal_North-West_Mounted_Police (2019 words)

	historyofthenwmp
		The desire by the Canadian government and the North West Mounted Police to establish peaceful settlement of the Canadian West was disrupted in 1885.
		While the Mounted Police created a presence in the territory in 1895, the NWMP contingent in the Yukon grew from 19 men to 285 at the height of the Gold Rush in 1898 to ensure that law and order was maintained.
		Police services were extended throughout Canada, while the Force took on the responsibility for intelligence and security duties in addition to its normal police and crime prevention work.
	www.nwmpmuseum.com /historyofthenwmp.html (1136 words)

	BBC - Crime Fighters - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Although the force originates from a mounted police force that relied on horses to transport them across the vast expanses of Canada, they are now a modern police force tackling crime on a national and cross-border levels.
		The vast geographical jurisdiction covered by the RCMP means that the nature of an officer's role varies greatly from the cosmopolitan cities in the East to the vast prairie land in the West, from the tundra and arctic wasteland in the north to the shared border with the United States in the South.
		The general policing duties are very similar to the police force in the UK, they include investigation into organised crime such as money laundering, smuggling and drugs trafficking, as well as the regular every day peacekeeping duties in the villages, towns and cities across the nation.
	www.bbc.co.uk /crime/fighters/rcmp.shtml (928 words)

	Royal North West Mounted Police/Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The first record of police control in Melfort was in 1895, from the Prince Albert detachment.
		The role of this force from 1874 to 1905 was to ease hardships, such as disease and prairie fires, experienced by the immigrants and settlers.
		The Royal North West Mounted Police continued to act as a federal police force until they were relieved of provincial duties in 1917.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /melfort/rcmp00.htm (304 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - North West Mounted Police (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the Canadian national law enforcement agency and an enduring symbol of the country.
		North West Mounted Police, motion picture about a Texas Ranger searching for a fugitive in the Canadian northwest, based on the book...
		In 1873 Canada created the North-West Mounted Police, now the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or Mounties, to help administer the territories and keep...
	encarta.msn.com /North_West_Mounted_Police.html (155 words)

	Royal Canadian Mounted Police ( RCMP )fact sheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In the planning stages the new force was called the North-West Mounted Rifles, but political protests from the bordering American States that this was a 'military' force being sent to patrol and defend the border of this new Canadian land led to the change to North-West Mounted Police.
		Mounted Police jurisdiction extended to the Yukon in 1895 and to the Arctic coast in 1903.
		In 1920, federal policing is reorganized, the RNWMP absorb the Dominion Police and become the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP); responsibility for federal law enforcement extended to all provinces and territories.
	members.shaw.ca /kcic1/rcmp.html (1299 words)

	The royal canadian mounted police
		The North-West Mounted Police established a friendly relationship with the Natives in the region and kept the whiskey trade under control while enforcing prohibition.
		In 1895, Mounted Police jurisdiction was extended to the Yukon and was expanded to the Arctic Coast in 1903.
		In 1905, the Royal Northwest Mounted Police contracted to police the new provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta.
	ga.essortment.com /royalcanadianm_rmnm.htm (1089 words)

	North West Mounted Police (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Northwest Mounted Police were established in 1873 and sent out to be a Canadian presence in the West.
		The boots the men wore were riding boots, not suited for walking once their horses were too ill to ride, and so many of the men had to wrap their feet with rags.
		NWMP were not stationed in Victoria Settlement until 1888, when Constables Dunning and Armstrong were sent to the settlement.
	www.smokylake.com /history/nwmp (269 words)

	The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		It was a notorious whisky fort on the Oldman River, west of Cypress Hills.
		On February 1st, the Royal North West Mounted Police and the Dominion Police were merged to become the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
		The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have become the force that was once envisaged by Sir John A. MacDonald.
	www.anguish.org /~flint/rcmp.html (970 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The North-West Mounted Police(NWMP) was established in 1873 by the Canadian Government to police the vast areas of western Canada that today comprises the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta.
		The NWMP assisted the militia in quelling the 1885 North-West Rebellion, and shouldered countless new duties brought about by the vast influx of settlers that flocked to the plains after the cessation of hostilities.
		In 1928, by means of a contract between the RCMP, the federal government and the province of Saskatchewan, the RCMP undertook provincial police duties in that province.
	rcmpbridgewater.homestead.com /History.html (650 words)

	Articles - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In 1903 jurisdiction was extended to the Arctic coast, Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1905, and in 1912 to northern Manitoba.
		During the Boer War, members of the North West Mounted Police were given leaves of absence to fight with the 2nd Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles and the Lord Strathcona's Horse.
		Although it is a police force, the RCMP has the status of a regiment of dragoons, and as such is entitled to wear battle honours for its war service as well as carry a guidon.
	www.gaple.com /articles/RCMP?mySession=542092d1b6432bd935ade5d21327b70c (2302 words)

	Northwest Mounted Police (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		On May 23, 1873, the Canadian Parliament created a mounted police force to prevent bloodshed and to preserve order in the region.
		In 1920 the force merged with the Dominion Police and became known as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and took over federal law enforcement.
		In 1905, part of the Northwest Territories became part of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and the force continued to police the law in the new provinces.
	www.plpsd.mb.ca /amhs/history/nwmp.html (363 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Yet as settlers moved into the new territory west of Manitoba the Canadian Government moved ahead with its plans and a police force was formed in 1873.
		The record of the North-West Mounted Police for their ability to avoid violent resolution of problems might have continued unblemished had the Federal Government heeded their warning of increased tensions between natives and settlers in the Saskatchewan River Valley.
		In 1919 they were merged with the Dominion Police (a small force used for the protection of government building) and named the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
	www.cdli.ca /courses/hist1201/unit02/section02/lesson04/3-lesson-a.htm (684 words)

	Calgary & Southern Alberta - The North-West Mounted Police
		The Canadian government formed the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) in 1873 to secure and control the vast North-West Territories, corresponding to present-day Saskatchewan and Alberta, and much of what is now Manitoba.
		The primary duties of the Mounted Police were to establish friendly relations with the First Nations, eradicate the whisky trade, and maintain law and order.
		Since their predominant duty was to maintain order on the frontier, the police had to differentiate between crimes that were merely a nuisance, and those that were a threat to social stability.
	www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/calgary/nwmp.html (568 words)

	Canadian Genealogy Centre - North West Mounted Police (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The North West Mounted Police was established in 1873 to bring Canadian authority to the North West Territories (present-day Alberta and Saskatchewan).
		In 1920, the RNWMP absorbed the Dominion Police and became the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), and was responsible for federal law enforcement in all provinces and territories.
		Records of the North West Mounted Police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police are in the custody of Library and Archives Canada, Record Group 18 (RG 18).
	www.genealogy.gc.ca /10/101303_e.html (555 words)

	Inspector Dickens of the North West Mounted Police
		In 1883 Dickens was transferred to Fort Pitt on the North Saskatchewan River and placed in charge of the small, poorly located fortification which lay on the main river highway supply route from Fort Carlton to Fort Edmonton.
		Inspector Dickens repeatedly warned of unrest in the area and in March 1885 it all came to a head with NWMP battles at Duck Lake followed by the burning of Fort Carlton then the Crees murdering priests and Hudson Bay Company employees and family members at Frog Lake.
		The NWMP detachment were outnumbered and outgunned 200 to 20.
	members.memlane.com /djcarter/dickens (1303 words)

	North-West Mounted Police Uniform
		In the 1800s the uniform of the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was similar to the one worn by the British Army.
		The scarlet Norfolk jacket, simple and practical, without trimmings, was chosen so that the North-West Mounted Police would be readily identifiable with the reputation of their British predecessors (rather than the Americans in blue uniform) thereby gaining the confidence and respect of the First Nations.
		A short Snider-Enfield carbine was carried and when mounted a saddle bucket was used on the rear right side of the horse.
	www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca /history/nwmp_uniform_e.htm (385 words)

	Saskatchewan Forts
		A reconstruction of a North West Mounted Police (NWMP) stockade fort.
		The monument is west of the actual location, which is a farm field by the Qu'Appelle River.
		Located at Kinsmen Park, it was used by the NWMP during the Northwest Rebellion.
	www.geocities.com /naforts/sk.html (722 words)

	North-West Mounted Police Inspector Sam Steele
		When the North-West Mounted Police was first organized in Ottawa, Canada, in September 1873, its authorized strength was barely 300 troopers.
		On June 8, 1874, the NWMP began its march westward, with 275 Mounted Police, 20 Métis scouts and two 9-pounder cannons.
		The Mounted Police were assigned the mission of protecting the railroad.
	www.thehistorynet.com /we/blmountiesteele (1287 words)

	The RCMP Veterans Association Online Store: Origins of the Mounted Police
		The idea for a mounted police force to bring order to the Canadian west was proposed in the Canadian Parliament.
		He proposed that the primary responsibility of this force would be to establish friendly relations with the prairie Indians (aboriginal) and to maintain the peace as settlers arrived.
		Instead the preface ‘Police’ was employed with a more peaceful ring and so the world-famous North-West Mounted Police were born in May of 1873.
	www.mountiestore.com /articles_origins.html (446 words)

	nwmp
		Police Coulee to control who came across the border from the United States.
		The NWMP were formed to give the Northwest Territories a government presence, to ensure a lawful region for European settlers, and to stop the liquor trade which was devastating the Native Peoples.
		As part of the N.W.M.P. centennial celebrations, the Writing-On-Stone post site is archaeologically excavated and the buildings subsequently rebuilt according to the original specifications.
	www.uleth.ca /vft/milkriver/nwmp.html (559 words)

	KOA: Red Coat Trail - Saskatchewan
		Though almost two hours north of Highway 13, The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Academy, located in Regina, is a must for anyone interested in the Red Coats.
		Tour guides explain that in 1873 when the North-West Mounted Police was established, Queen Victoria was the reigning monarch; Mark Twain was writing Tom Sawyer; and Canadians were settling on the frontier.
		The North West Mounted Police named the town site because it was their most eastern outpost location within the Cypress Hills.
	www.koa.com /vacationideas/redcoat/saskatchewan.htm (1059 words)

	Browse by Subject: Northwest Mounted Police - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The North-West Mounted Policeman : a character sketch / by an ex-Policeman.
		Trooper and Redskin in the far North-west : recollections of life in the North-west mounted police, Canada, 1884-1888 / by John G. Donkin..
		Policing the plains : being the real-life record of the famous Royal North-West Mounted Police /: by R.G. MacBeth
	library.usask.ca /northwest/index/subject/5.html (210 words)

	Books by David Carter, POW camps Prisoners of war in Canada
		Inspector Francis Jeffrey Dickens, of the North West Mounted Police.
		The third son of author Charles Dickens, he joined the NWMP in October 1874 having previously served in the Bengal Police.
		Inspector Daun Miller and four other uniformed members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police dedicated a headstone Tuesday Sep. 24th at the grave of Francis J. Dickens.
	members.memlane.com /djcarter (411 words)

	British Empire: Armed Forces: Units: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
		A small mounted police force was organised from the men of the militia under the command of Captain Villiers.
		On 25th March there was a skirmish at Duck Lake in which a force of 56 police with 43 volunteers fought a group of Metis led by Gabriel Dumont Twelve men were killed on the police side and 5 Metis.
		The police were busy in the aftermath of the rebellion, restoring order and seeking out those rebels who had avoided capture after the battle.
	www.britishempire.co.uk /forces/armyunits/canadiancavalry/rcmp.htm (2534 words)

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