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Yukon Gold Rush Spurred North West Mounted Police Trials
The Yukon drive drew many expeditions from Edmonton and Seattle to Fort Selkirk and Dawson City with the NWMP leading routes through muskeg, floods, and ice. Inspector Moody's 1897 1600 mile trek from Edmonton to Fort Selkirk proved perilous yet pivotal, while Routledge pursued Fort Simpson and proved the force’s resilience in northern waters and mountains.
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Yukon
Seattle
Edmonton
Eldorado
Wilds
N.W.M.P
Moody
Fort Selkirk
Pelly
Ukon
Hudson's Bay
Maple Creek
Half Way River
B.C
Yukon Territory
Dawson City
Vancouver
M.P.H.Q
Regina