Forts Across Canada - North West Mounted Police
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Forts Across Canada Unit Study
In the 3rd module of the unit study you can find out about the western part of Canada and the development of the North-West Mounted Police. Follow the mounties through key points in Canadian history and have some fun along the way!
Canada in the West
n 1873 Canada purchased a chunk of land from the Hudson's Bay Company and called it the Northwest Territories. This area had no government had was populated by Natives, Traders and Metis.
North West Mounted Police
The North West Mounted Police (NWMP) was created on May 23, 1873, by Sir John A. Macdonald, the first Prime Minister of Canada. The intent was to bring law and order to the North-West Territories, and in particular the whiskey traders at Fort Whoop-Up.Download the entire unit study to find out more about Fort Whoop-Up!
Did You Know?
The son of author Charles Dickens was a member of the North West Mounted Police.
The March West
The newly appointed police force headed to the west to bring law and order to the area. A line of 300 policemen, cattle and equipment marched 900 miles/1448 kilometres to reach Fort Whoop-Up. They established the first NWMP fort Fort Macleod.
Download the entire unit study to find out more about the grueling march that some of the men didn't finish!
Download the entire unit study to find out more about the grueling march that some of the men didn't finish!
Did You Know?
Western forts were not built for defense but as a base for settlers.
Canada's Geography
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The Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway began laying steel lines in the early 1880s. The hope was that a railway that stretched across the country would bring more settlers to the west.
Download the entire unit study to find out what role the NWMP played in the development of the railway.
Download the entire unit study to find out what role the NWMP played in the development of the railway.
Did You Know?
The railway laid nearly 5000 kilometres of steel rail.
The North West Rebellion
Métis leader Louis Riel rallied the Natives to support him in his fight against the government. The rapid disappearance of the Buffalo and the decline of the Hudson's Bay Company was creating drastic changes in the lives of the Natives and Métis. This uprising was the North West Rebellion.
Download the entire unit study to read more about the rebellion, what happened to Louis Riel and what caused the decline of the buffalo.
Download the entire unit study to read more about the rebellion, what happened to Louis Riel and what caused the decline of the buffalo.
Did You Know?
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is a historic site in Alberta that preserves the heritage of the buffalo.
The Klondike Gold Rush
The first Mounted Police post in the Yukon, Fort Constantine had been established for just one year when George Washington Carmack, Skookum Jim and Tagish Charlie hit a bonanza in gold.
Download the entire unit study to read about the gold rush and what it meant for the NWMP.
Download the entire unit study to read about the gold rush and what it meant for the NWMP.
Did You Know?
The Klondike Gold Rush caused the NWMP force in the Yukon to grow from 19 officers to 300 officers in just two years!
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Bibliography
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Forts of Canada
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Zut_Moon
Jan 15, 2012 @ 9:39 am | delete
- OK ..put the coffee down and listen up ...LOL ... Nice lens and just wanted a needed for the History Pavillon... that and another are now on my newest lens. It's easy to tell you are Canadaian ....
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Hedremp
Jan 15, 2012 @ 9:41 am | delete
- Thanks for your comments and for sharing my lens in your pavilion. Yes, a proud Canadian with a degree in History!
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Jack-in-the-Box
Nov 7, 2011 @ 7:49 am | delete
- Great lens! Very interesting stuff. Takes me back to my homeschooling days.
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tokyonights7
Nov 7, 2011 @ 7:35 am | delete
- So, Charles Dickens' son moved to Canada? Fascinating! I am even more proud to be Canadian!
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Evelyn_Saenz
Nov 7, 2011 @ 5:12 am | delete
- Thank you for creating another unit study on the history of Canada.
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