F.J. Fitzgerald (1869-1911)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Morrison, William R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1986
• Subjects: Biographies; Expeditions; Explorers; Fitzgerald; Francis Joseph; 1869-1911; History; Lost Patrol; 1910-1911; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Sovereignty; Suicide; Starvation; Dawson region; Yukon; Fort McPherson region; N.W.T; Fort St. John region; British Columbia; Herschel Island; Arctic; Fort McPherson; Fort St. John; Hay River; Indian; Dawson; Herschel; inuit; Kutchin
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65108

Francis Joseph Fitzgerald, veteran of 14 years' northern service with the North-West (later the Royal North-West) Mounted Police, and commander of the famous "Lost Patrol" of 1911, was born in Halifax on April 12th, 1869. In November 1888 he enlisted in the N.W.M.P. Except for a year&...