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ROYAL NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE (1)
ROYAL NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE (1)
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a
police
force
organized in 1873 as the
Northwest Mounted Police
to bring
law
and
order
to the Canadian Far
West
and especially to
prevent
Indian
disorders. In 1904 the name was changed to the
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
and in 1920 to its present
title
, the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police
.
—
SHSBC
Binder 6 Approved Glossary