RCMP Barracks
The North West Mounted Police arrived in the Canadian West
before most settlers. This was by design. Canadian Prime Minister John
A. Macdonald wanted to avoid the lawlessness and frontier wars that the
United States had been plagued with during the height of settlement of
its own West. A paramilitary force, with the mandate of maintaining the
right, seemed to be the only solution.
By the time the NWMP barracks was moved to Regina in 1882
from its former headquarters at Fort Walsh , all of the treaties were
signed with native groups and a peaceful, ordered settlement of the Canadian
West was beginning. Regina , now the new territorial capital, was also
to be the new home of the NWMP. Land was purchased out by the "Dewdney
Section" of town - better known as the western outskirts. Temporary buildings - some
of which served the post until 1905 - were constructed. The oldest building
in Regina , the RCMP Chapel, was constructed on the grounds in 1883.
(Ironically, it was a beer canteen and mess hall at the time of its construction.
It was not converted to a chapel until 1895, at the behest of the wife
of Commissioner Herchmer.)
The RCMP has become an enduring symbol of Regina . Although
the headquarters of the RCMP were moved to Ottawa in 1919, the training
function of the RCMP is still served in Regina at "Depot". An historic
cemetery and the RCMP Centennial Museum both serve as reminders of the
RCMP's long history in the Queen City .
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Louis Riel
Louis Riel, the Metis
leader, led two rebellions against the federal government on behalf
of the Metis people in the North West Territories. More on this
topic, click
here...
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Title: NWMP Members
Date: ca. 1880
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-135 |
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Title: NWMP troops during inspection
Date: 1883
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-B-370 |
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Title: Commissioner Herchmer
Date: ca. 1890
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-134 |
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Title: People at the NWMP barracks
Date: ca. 1890
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-128
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Title: Birds'-Eye view of the NWMP yard
Date: ca. 1890
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-226 |
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Title: North West Mounted Police Barracks
Date: ca. 1890
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-227 |
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Title: NWMP at Headquarters
Date: ca. 1891
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-B-335
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Title: Horses grazing at the NWMP yard
Date: ca. 1900
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-230 |
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Title: North of CPR [1906 Census]
Date(s) of Creation/Date of Publication: 1906
Page Number of Scanned Image: p. 41 |
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Title: North of CPR [1906 Census]
Date(s) of Creation/Date of Publication: 1906 Page Number of Scanned Image: p. 42 |
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Title: North of CPR [1906 Census]
Date(s) of Creation/Date of Publication: 1906
Page Number of Scanned Image: p. 43 |
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Title: North of CPR [1906 Census]
Date(s) of Creation/Date of Publication: 1906
Page Number of Scanned Image: p. 44 |
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Title: North of CPR [1906 Census]
Date(s) of Creation/Date of Publication: 1906
Page Number of Scanned Image: p. 45 |
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Title: North of CPR [1906 Census]
Date(s) of Creation/Date of Publication: 1906
Page Number of Scanned Image: p. 46 |
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Title: R.N.W.M.P. Barracks and Grounds Regina
, Sask
Date: ca. 1915
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-111 |
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Title: The Inspector William A. Cunning family
Date: ca. 1919
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-B-334 |
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Title: RCMP Barracks
Date: 1937
Retrieval Number: CORA-A-552 |
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Title: RCMP Barracks
Date: 1937
Retrieval Number: CORA-A-553 |