North-West Mounted Police artisans, Fort Macleod, Alberta.

At east end of barracks. Back row: Alex Alexander, Blacksmith, 5th from left. Ernest E. Haug, carpenter, on extreme right. Note indication of each trade. Alex Alexander joined the force in 1885 at Chatheam, Ontario. He was first stationed at Medicine Hat and Maple Creek, and later saw duty in the Yukon during the gold rush. From then until his retirement in 1922 he was blacksmith at Regina and Fort Macleod.

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Date 1894

Creator Steele and Company

Person(s) or Group(s) Alexander, Alex, Haug, Ernest E.

Genre Negatives, Photographs

Place Alberta

Subject Fort Macleod, Alberta--Buildings, Fort Macleod, Alberta--Commerce, Fort Macleod, Alberta--Industry, Fort Macleod, Alberta--Personalities, Royal Canadian Mounted Police--Barracks and quarters, Royal Canadian Mounted Police--Officers, Royal Canadian Mounted Police--Personnel

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Fonds/Collection Fort Macleod History Book Committee collection

Reference code CA ACU GBA C0031

Link to Finding Aid https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/fort-macleod-history-book-committee-collection

Unique identifier CU191231

Legacy Identifier na-3251-1

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"North-West Mounted Police artisans, Fort Macleod, Alberta.", 1894, (CU191231) by Steele and Company. Courtesy of Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.