Honoured in Places

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Ever since the Canadian Prairie was first settled and the Mounties marched west to establish and maintain law and order, individual officers have left their mark on the national landscape. Their long tradition has been honoured in many of the place names of Canada, especially in the West.

In this collection, over 250 of the NWMP, RNWMP, and RCMP members who died while on duty, or who enjoyed long or extraordinary careers, are remembered. Other place names are connected to a Mountie-related event, or were named by a pioneering Mountie in honour of some significant occurrence.

From the introduction:
“Our intent is to remind the reader of these place names' origins before their historical contexts are forever lost to time … Events such as the advancement of the Canadian Pacific Railway across Canada, whites trading whiskey among the Indians, various skirmishes across the prairies, and Americans ignoring the recently established boundary along the 49th parallel each contributed pressure on the federal government for policing in the west. In April 1873, Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald formulated a plan to establish a police force for the undeveloped area of the northwest.”

The two long-serving retired Mounties who have authored Honoured in Places have done research from coast to coast.

5.5 x 8.5, 244 pages, softcover

 

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