Fort Macleod Rcmp Centennial Library

Feliciter › Vol. 51 Nbr. 2, March 2005

Author: Ingles, Ernie

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Fort Macleod Rcmp Centennial Library

Fort Macleod, in southern Alberta, is the meeting point of a number of different cultures: the Blood and Peigan reserves in the outlying area and the Hutterite and Black Stocking Dutch farm settlers. This is ranching and farming country. But fundamentally, it's where the North West Mounted Police established the first western post, on an island on the Oldman River, to battle the whisky trade in...

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