HISTORY OF THE NWMP-RCMP. CANADA'S NATIONAL POLICE FORCE!! ( The one that I'm with, here is where I take a little bow!! LOL!!)
HISTORY OF THE NWMP-RCMP Origins - NWMP - 1873 Conception - Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first Prime Minister and Minister of Justice. Inspiration - loosley based on the Royal Irish Constabulary and the mounted rifle units of the United States Army. Objective - to bring law, order, and Canadian authority to the North-West Territories (present-day Alberta and Saskatchewan). Legal authority - Act of Parliament (36 Vic, ch 35), May 23, 1873; Order in Council 1134, August 30, 1873. Organization - appointment of officers and recruitment for the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) commenced September 25, 1873 and concluded in the spring of 1874. Deployment - the great "March West", approximately 275 officers and men, with horses and equipment, departed Dufferin, Manitoba, on July 8, 1874 (see below for more information). Formation - NWMP - 1873 The North-West Mounted Police force came into being on 30 August, 1873. For several years prior, the then Lieutenant-Governor of Manit...