Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Chartrand, Albert Joseph "Frenchy"
Parallel form(s) of name
Chartrand, Frenchy
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
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Description area
Dates of existence
1905-1942
History
Albert Joseph "Frenchy" Chartrand, 1905-1942, was born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario. He joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on January 27, 1926, and after training at Regina was transferred to Aklavik, NWT to join "G" Division. He served with detachments at Coppermine and Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, and Herschel Island, Yukon. He also served on the RCMP schooner, "St. Roch", on which he died of a heart attack. He was posthumously awarded the Arctic Medal for his service in the north. Both Chartrand Lake, Nunavut and Chartrand Star were named for Constable Chartrand.