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the RCMP in pictures
Browse this collection of historical images to see the evolution of the RCMP.
Photo 1 | A group of NWMP officers about to set off for Yukon in 1895.
Photo 2 | NWMP officers at Fort Constantine, the first police post in Yukon, 1896.
Photo 3 | NWMP officers in front of the police barracks in Whitehorse, Yukon, 1902.
Photo 4 | NWMP officer with a horse, ca. 1901.
Photo 5 | Interior of a NWMP post in Yukon, ca. 1898.
Photo 6 | Members of the NWMP in Dawson City, 1898.
Photo 7 | Examples of various RCMP uniforms, 1948.
Photo 8 | The RCMP training academy in Regina, SK, 1957.
Photo 9 | The RCMP training academy in Regina, SK, 1957.
Photo 10 | RCMP practicing for the Musical Ride, 1936.
Photo 11 | The RCMP Musical Ride unit in dome formation, 1953.
Photo 12 | The RCMP Musical Ride unit performing at the New York World's Fair, 1939.
Photo 13 | Members of the NWMP in Dawson City, 1900.
Photo 14 | An RCMP constable posing with a police dog, 1948.
Photo 15 | An RCMP officer on horseback, 1944.
Photo 16 | An RCMP officer speaking with residents at an outpost in the Northwest Territories (present-day Nunavut), ca. 1950.
Photo 17 | Fort Walsh, SK, 1878. This was the NWMP Headquarters until 1882.
Photo 18 | Inuit peoples helping the RCMP move a loaded komatik, 1934.
Photo 19 | RCMP officers patrolling the waters on Great Bear Lake, NWT, 1933.
Photo 20 | RCMP Special Constables on Ellesmere Island posing with their children, 1936.
photo credits
Photo 1: N.W.M.P., Original Contingent Leaving Regina June 1, 1895, for the Yukon. 1895. Ernest Brown Fonds. Yukon Archives.
Photo 2: Supt. Constantine and N.W.M.P. at Fort Constantine, Y.T. 1896. Glenbow Museum Collection. Yukon Archives.
Photo 3: Group of NWMP, Yukon Territory. 1902. Ernest Brown Fonds. Yukon Archives.
Photo 4: Cantwell, George C. Circa 1901. NWMP Officer with a Horse. Adam & Larkin Fonds. Yukon Archives.
Photo 5: Canadian Customs Tent or NWMP Post on Chilkoot Pass Summit or at Lindeman. Circa 1898. Frank Charman Fonds. Yukon Archives.
Photo 6: E008128887. 1898. Library and Archives Canada.
Photo 7: Beaver, A. 1948. National Film Board of Canada / Library and Archives Canada.
Photo 8: Lund, Chris. 1957. Library and Archives Canada.
Photo 9: Lund, Chris. 1957. Library and Archives Canada.
Photo 10: PA-047836. 1936. Library and Archives Canada.
Photo 11: Blouin, Guy. E011175999. 1953. National Film Board of Canada / Library and Archives Canada.
Photo 12: PA-202186. 1939. Library and Archives Canada.
Photo 13: Goetzman, H. 1900. Library and Archives Canada.
Photo 14: Royal, Frank. 1948. National Film Board of Canada / Library and Archives Canada.
Photo 15: Rowed, Harry. 1944. National Film Board / Library and Archives Canada.
Photo 16: Harrington, Richard. PA-129940. 1949-1950.Library and Archives Canada.
Photo 17: E008128929. 1882. Library and Archives Canada.
Photo 18: McKeand, David. L. E010765709-v6. 1934. Library and Archives Canada.
Photo 19: Man, Felix H. PA-150352. 1933. Library and Archives Canada.
Photo 20: McKeand, David L. A102190. 1936. Library and Archives Canada.
