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One hundred thirty five years ago

A law was passed to establish the North West Mounted Police
1873: The North-West Mounted Police (now the Royal Canadian Mounted Police) is established as Canada's national police force; officers are popularly called Mounties.

From the RCMP website

an overview of the early history:
* conception: Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first Prime Minister and Minister of Justice
* inspiration: the Royal Irish Constabulary and the mounted rifle units of the United States Army
* objective: to bring law, order and Canadian authority to the North-West Territories (present-day Alberta and Saskatchewan)
* legal authority: Act of Parliament (36 Vic, ch 35), May 23, 1873; Order in Council 1134, August 30, 1873
* organization: appointment of officers and recruitment for the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) commenced September 25, 1873, and concluded in the spring of 1874
* deployment: the great "March West", approximately 275 officers and men, with horses and equipment departed Dufferin, Manitoba on July 8, 1874, and arrived in present-day southern Alberta in October

Nell would be so thrilled!

Royal Canadian Mounted Police