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- Copied 1981 (originally created 1898-1900) (Creation)
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85 photographs
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Biographical history
On March 21, 1898, an Order-in-Council ordered a detachment of Canadian Army Permanent Force to be sent to Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory. The Yukon Field Force was created to assist the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) in maintaining law and order in the Klondike and to act as a symbol of Canadian sovereignty in the face of American influence in the Yukon. The 200 member force was drawn primarily from the Royal Canadian Dragoons and the Royal Regiment of Canadian infantry. The Commanding Officer was Lt. Col. T.D.B. Evans. The force departed from Ottawa in 1898, picked up members in Winnipeg, went on to Vancouver, then travelled by ship to Wrangell, Alaska. From there the force went on to Glenora, British Columbia and Fort Selkirk. YFF built a garrison at Fort Selkirk and were withdrawn by 1900.
For further information see Guarding the Goldfields : The Story of the Yukon Field Force / Brereton Greenhous. -- Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1987.
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Archival history
The originals were copied when they were held by the LdSH (RC) Archives in Calgary. They were subsequently donated to the MacBride Museum.
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The fonds consists of photographs of Yukon Field Force on the trip up the west coast, and Fort Selkirk.
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No restrictions on access.
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The material is in English.
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Originals are held by the MacBride Museum, Whitehorse, Yukon.
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Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3HBQSC
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NA 3755-1 to 14 do not exist. The accession register indicates that 122 photos were received from the source, but only 72 were actually copied and are in NA-3755.
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PA-2314 also has negatives for the prints.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2018