Post by MikeC99 on Jul 8, 2015 1:01:10 GMT -5
On July 8, 1874, 300 members of the newly created North West Mounted Police (NWMP) departed Fort Dufferin (near Emerson, Manitoba) on the Great March West to establish law and order and sovereignty in the North West Territory as well as stop the whiskey trade with the aboriginal people at places like Fort Whoop-up.
See the following link for further details: www.ourheritage.net/index_page_stuff/following_trails/nwmp_background/NWMPMarchWest.html
