Royal North West Mounted Police barracks, Dawson, Yukon, with The Dome in the background, circa 1917
On verso of image: R.N.M.P. barracks at Dawson. Monument to 4 police lost on McPherson-Dawson trail in 1911. The Dome in the distance Filed in Yukon Territory Special Cst. Samuel Carter, Insp. Francis J. Fitzgerald, Cst. George F. Kinney, and Cst. Richard O. Taylor of the Royal North West Mounted Po...
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Summary: | On verso of image: R.N.M.P. barracks at Dawson. Monument to 4 police lost on McPherson-Dawson trail in 1911. The Dome in the distance Filed in Yukon Territory Special Cst. Samuel Carter, Insp. Francis J. Fitzgerald, Cst. George F. Kinney, and Cst. Richard O. Taylor of the Royal North West Mounted Police died of starvation and exposure February 14, 1911, near Fort McPherson, NWT, while on winter patrol from Dawson to Fort McPherson. |
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