Boot
Object
1996.43.6 a-b
Brown pair of men's winter boots with black rubber lower and fur lining.
Belonged to G.I. Cameron.
n 1919, Cameron joined the Royal North West Mounted Police (RNWMP) for a three year term. In 1922 he went to the California gold fields to work as a welder. A year later he returned to Canada and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), serving in Regina, then Vancouver. In 1925 Cameron was posted to Keno City, and then Dawson City, communities in the Yukon. He met and married Martha Ballentine in 1928, having to `purchase' his discharge from the RCMP because married men were not permitted to serve. They moved to Ottawa, then farmed in northern Alberta. Their daughter Ione was born and the Camerons moved to Vancouver where Cam, as he was known, re-joined the RCMP. In 1935 he was posted to Fort Selkirk, Yukon and served there until 1949 when he retired from the Force.
G.I. Cameron died in Whitehorse on April 29, 1996, having enjoyed the celebrations of the Centennial of the RCMP in 1995.
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n 1919, Cameron joined the Royal North West Mounted Police (RNWMP) for a three year term. In 1922 he went to the California gold fields to work as a welder. A year later he returned to Canada and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), serving in Regina, then Vancouver. In 1925 Cameron was posted to Keno City, and then Dawson City, communities in the Yukon. He met and married Martha Ballentine in 1928, having to `purchase' his discharge from the RCMP because married men were not permitted to serve. They moved to Ottawa, then farmed in northern Alberta. Their daughter Ione was born and the Camerons moved to Vancouver where Cam, as he was known, re-joined the RCMP. In 1935 he was posted to Fort Selkirk, Yukon and served there until 1949 when he retired from the Force.
G.I. Cameron died in Whitehorse on April 29, 1996, having enjoyed the celebrations of the Centennial of the RCMP in 1995.
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