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Jan 22, 2008 · When the Canadian government organized the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) in 1873, Sam Steele was one of the first to join as staff constable (a rank later changed to troop sergeant major). His first important duties came in 1876 and 1877, when he made arrangements for the negotiations of Treaty 6 and Treaty 7 ( see also Numbered Treaties ).
Sam Steele. Major-general Sir Samuel Benfield Steele KCMG CB MVO (5 January 1848 – 30 January 1919) was a Canadian soldier and policeman. He was an officer of the North-West Mounted Police, head of the Yukon detachment during the Klondike Gold Rush, and commanding officer of Strathcona's Horse during the Boer War.
Jan 24, 2019 · “He was policeman, magistrate and controller of rations under the very trying times of people seeking their fortunes and unprepared for the weather conditions,” noted the Royal Canadian Mounted Police page on “Sam Benfield Steele.” With nearly 30% of the NWMP under his guidance in the Yukon, Sam was a man of power.
Feb 7, 2006 · Published Online February 7, 2006. Last Edited July 7, 2023. The North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was the forerunner of Canada's iconic Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Created after Confederation to police the frontier territories of the Canadian West, the NWMP ended the whiskey trade on the southern prairies and the violence that came with it.
Dec 9, 2019 · He remained in Africa to help establish the South African Constabulary on the NWMP model. When he returned to Canada in 1907, it was to an annoyingly quiet life. At age 64, Steele wanted to fight in the First World War. A little too old to fight at the front, Steele was made a Major-General and placed in command of Canadian troops in Britain.
Source: Library and Archives Canada/MIKAN 3622951. STEELE, Sir SAMUEL BENFIELD, NWMP officer and army officer; b. 5 Jan. 1848 in Medonte Township, Upper Canada, son of Elmes Yelverton Steele* and Anne MacIan Macdonald; m. 15 Jan. 1890 Marie Elizabeth Harwood in Vaudreuil, Que., and they had two daughters and a son; d. 30 Jan. 1919 in Putney ...
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Sep 27, 2021 · Yukon Nuggets on Sam Steele by Les McLaughlin, courtesy of the Hougen Group. Sam Steele, Canadian Dictionary of Biography. Showing the Flag: The Mounted Police and Canadian Sovereignty in the North, 1894-1925 by William Morrison. Faded Hero: How Canada forgot—and then rediscovered—Sir Sam Steele, by Charlotte Grey in the Walrus
