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North-West Mounted Police

Photos and transcription by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted February 2018

This 2016 Heritage Toronto plaque can be found in a garden northwest of the Stanley Barracks at Exhibition Place

Coordinates: 43.632791 -79.413810

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During April and May 1874, North-West Mounted Police Commissioner George Arthur French hired 150 men and assembled them at New Fort (Stanley Barracks) in Toronto. The recruits performed drills on horseback, organized equipment, and trained with two nine-pounder field guns in preparation for their journey to western Canada. On June 6, 1874, they left by train to join the March West with the goal of establishing Canada's sovereignty and laws in the North-West Territories.

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