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Francis Joseph Fitzgerald (12 April 1869 – 11 February 1911) was a Canadian who became a celebrated Boer War veteran and the first commander of the
Royal North-West Mounted Police The North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was a Canadian para-military police force, established in 1873, to maintain order in the new Canadian North-West Territories (NWT) following the 1870 transfer of Rupert’s Land and North-Western Territor ...
detachment at Herschel Island in the Western Arctic (1903). From December 1910 until February 1911, he led a mail patrol from
Fort McPherson Fort McPherson was a U.S. Army military base located in Atlanta, Georgia, bordering the northern edge of the city of East Point, Georgia. It was the headquarters for the U.S. Army Installation Management Command, Southeast Region; the U.S. Ar ...
southward to Dawson City. When the patrol did not arrive in time, a search party, led by Corporal
William Dempster William John Duncan Dempster (21 October 1876 – 25 October 1964) was a member of the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) in the Yukon, Yukon Territory during the early 20th century. He gained notice for his involvement in finding the Lost Patrol, ...
, was sent from Dawson City and found the bodies of Fitzgerald and the other patrol members. The trip became known as " The Lost Patrol" and as "one of Yukon’s greatest tragedies." File:BridgeHalifaxPublicGardenHalifaxNovaScotia.jpg, Francis Fitzgerald Bridge,
Halifax Public Gardens The Halifax Public Gardens are Victorian-era public gardens formally established in 1867, the year of Canadian Confederation. The gardens are located in the Halifax, Nova Scotia on the Halifax Peninsula near the popular shopping district of Spri ...
, Nova Scotia (1911) File:FitzgeraldBridgePlaquePublicGardensHalifaxNovaScotia.jpg, Francis Fitzgerald Bridge Plaque File:FortMcPhersonNWT.JPG, Tomb for "The Lost Patrol", Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories (right of the flagpole) File:dempster 2769.jpg, Dempster Highway, south of
Inuvik Inuvik (''place of man'') is the only town in the Inuvik Region, and the third largest community in Canada's Northwest Territories. Located in what is sometimes called the Beaufort Delta Region, it serves as its administrative and service cen ...
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Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...
, named after Inspector Dempster who found "The Lost Patrol" File:Dempsterhighway.jpg, Dempster Highway near the Richardson Mountains


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Military history of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia (also known as Mi'kma'ki and Acadia) is a Canadian province located in Canada's Maritimes. The region was initially occupied by Mi'kmaq. The colonial history of Nova Scotia includes the present-day Canadian Maritime provinces and th ...
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History of Yukon The history of Yukon covers the period from the arrival of Paleo-Indians through the Beringia land bridge approximately 20,000 years ago. In the 18th century, Russian explorers began to trade with the First Nations people along the Alaskan coa ...


References


External links


Officer Down Memorial Page - RCMP
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Canadian Biography Online - Fitzgerald

The Lost Patrol - Virtual Museum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzgerald, Francis Joseph 1869 births 1911 deaths Canadian military personnel of the Second Boer War Canadian police officers killed in the line of duty Disasters in Yukon Military history of Nova Scotia People from Halifax, Nova Scotia Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers