W.J.D. Dempster (1876-1964)

• 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; Dempster; William John Duncan; 1876-1964; Expeditions; Explorers; History; Lost Patrol; 1910-1911; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Survival; Dawson; Yukon; Fort McPherson region; N.W.T; Aklavik; Canada; Fitzgerald; Fort McPherson; Indian; Arctic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65125

William John Duncan Dempster, veteran of 37 years' northern service with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was born in Wales on October 21, 1876. Emigrating to Canada as a young man, he joined the N.W.M.P. in 1897 and the next year was posted to the Yukon, where he spent the rest of his career...