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The North West Mounted Police have been replaced by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. However, historically NWMP were responsible for keeping on top of theives, thugs, rustlers, murderers, claim jumpers and alcoholics who wanted to sell their liquor to the Native Americans that lived in the areas that the NWMP patrolled.
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Why were the North West Mounted Police important?
The NWMP were the forerunners of the RCMP, and were important as being the only keepers of the law in the Northwest Territory (which before 1905 included all of Alberta and Saskatchewan and earlier parts of Manitoba as well) in the wild and woolly days of the Canadian frontier
How much did the nwmp get paid?
the nwmp got paid 50 cents per day
Why is chad kroeger important to Alberta?
He is from Hanna, Alberta.
What was it like to live as a nwmp?
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How did Calgary Alberta get its name?
Calgary was originally named Fort Brisebois by NWMP officer Éphrem Brisebois. The NWMP took a dim view of officers naming locations eponymously and it was renamed Fort Calgary in 1876 by Colonel James Macleod. Brisebois did have a street named after him in the City's northwest.The name comes from Calgary on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. This somewhat fitting as the name comes from Norse words kald and gart meaning 'cold' and 'garden', which describes Calgary in the winter.
What president made the NWMP?
Well since the NWMP is Canadian and this is Canadian history we are talking about, CANADA HAS PRIME MINISTERS NOT PRESIDENTS!
When did the NWMP start?
they strarted in 1873
Why did the nwmp start?
n 1873
Why is the royal tyrrell museum important in Alberta?
it is important because the bones were all found in Alberta
What qualifications did you need to become and NWMP?
you have to be male
How are fossils important to Alberta?
they are cool
Some facts about the NWMP?
they also delivered mail
