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Forty years in Canada : reminiscences of the great North-west, with some account of his service in South Africa  Cover Image Book Book

Forty years in Canada : reminiscences of the great North-west, with some account of his service in South Africa

Summary: The author, one of the original members of the North-West Mounted Police, was appointed to take charge of a detachment detailed for duty along the C.P.R. construction line in British Columbia. He was also responsible for building a post in the Kootenays in 1887, and was later in command of the Force in the Yukon and British Columbia during the Klondike gold rush. The book briefly covers these activities.

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  • Physical Description: print
    428 pages : illustrations, portrait, plates ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: Toronto : Coles, 1973.
  • Producer: New York : Dodd, Mead & Company, 1915.
Subject: Steele, Samuel B. (Samuel Benfield) -- 1848-1919
Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
North West Mounted Police (Canada) -- Biography
Soldiers -- Canada -- Biography
Northwest, Canadian -- History
South Africa -- Description and travel

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Prince Rupert Library 971.9202092 Stee (Text) 33294002079945 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -

Summary: The author, one of the original members of the North-West Mounted Police, was appointed to take charge of a detachment detailed for duty along the C.P.R. construction line in British Columbia. He was also responsible for building a post in the Kootenays in 1887, and was later in command of the Force in the Yukon and British Columbia during the Klondike gold rush. The book briefly covers these activities.
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