Ralph Connor
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Charles William Gordon, CMG, also known as Ralph Connor, was a Canadian novelist, using the Connor pen name while maintaining his status as a church leader, first in the Presbyterian and later the Uni
Charles W. Gordon
North-West Mounted Police
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The North-West Mounted Police was a Canadian paramilitary police force, established in 1873, to maintain order in the new Canadian North-West Territories following the 1870 transfer of Rupert's Land a
Ralph Connor
…Cameron, for example, epitomizes the myth of the Canadian Mountie. The vision of the West rested firmly upon a British dominated society, and the North West Mounted Police represented an irresistible force stemming from an invincible culture. Cumulatively, Connor's writings on the West shift the tone of the frontier as…
North-West Mounted Police officers, Fort Walsh, 1878; Commissioner James Macleod sat centre
Mounted police preparing to leave Fort Dufferin in 1874, depicted by Henri Julien
Mounted police in Dead Horse Valley in 1874, depicted by Henri Julien
Mounted police and members of the Blackfoot First Nation at Fort Calgary, 1878