Pathfinder for the North West Mounted Police (Pathfinders feature online resources combined with McMath library resources)         ONLINE RESOURCES RCMP History - Origins of the RCMP http://www.rcmp.ca/history/history_e.htm Features historical highlights, dress, games, and an archives. Northwest Mounted Police http://www.plpsd.mb.ca/amhs/history/nwmp.html A brief history, from their beginnings in 1873. History of the Northwest Mounted Police http://www.nwmpmuseum.com/historyofthenwmp.html Excellent information on the NWMP, including the march west. NWMP http://collections.ic.gc.ca/steele/nwmp/nwmphome.htm A brief history of Fort Steele and its founder Northwest Mounted Police history http://www.gr.gov.sk.ca/Protocol/Art/nwmp_history.htm Images painted by Richard Lindemere of the early history. Diary of Henri Julien http://www.ourheritage.net/julien_pages/Julien1.html Primary source document of a newspaper reporter who went west with the NWMP. Background on the NorthWest Mounted Police http://www.ourheritage.net/index_page_stuff/Following_Trails/NWMP_Background/Background_NWMP_Index.html Focus is on the March West. Includes a map. RCMP Museum - Origins of the RCMP http://www.rcmpmuseum.com/museum/Origins/origins5.html Excellent historical information on the NWMP and the march west. North-West Mounted Police - A tradition in scarlet http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Police/eng_html/1.1_introduction.html Information, images and maps.  Includes a few primary sources. History of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police http://www.mountieshop.com/history.asp A brief history, plus some primary source documents and a chronology. RCMP History - Module 1 - The NWMP http://www.rcmp-learning.org/history/history.htm Begins with background information as to why the force was formed and continues up to 1904. Canadian North West Mounted Police and the Yukon Gold rush http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/study_guide/nwmp/index.html Provides a history to the NWMP in the Introduction.  Includes some sample quiz questions in the study guide link. The Mounties Tame the West http://www.alittlehistory.com/Mounties.htm A contemporary document details the formation of the NWMP and their use in Western Canada.         BOOKS IN McMATH LIBRARY 363.2 Bea               Red Coats on the Prairies; the NorthWest Mounted Police, 1886-                                  1900 363.2 Ham               Boldly Canadian: The story of the RCMP 363.2 Mac               The Mounties 971.05 Cru              The great adventure: How the Mounties conquered the West 971.2 And               The Mounties: Tales of adventure and danger from the early days 971.9 Dob               Law of the Yukon: A pictorial history of the Mounted Police in                                  the Yukon SEE ALSO        Development of the Canadian West • General history of Canada books in 971 • the Canadian Encyclopedia online  (accessible from the library homepage) • your textbooks • Check out biographies of some of the key people using the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online link from the library homepage. Created and maintained by Ms. B. Knoepfel (Teacher-Librarian), McMath Secondary School. Updated March 2007.