Francis Joseph Fitzgerald

Francis Joseph Fitzgerald was a Canadian who became a celebrated Boer War veteran and the first commander of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police detachment at Herschel Island in the Western Arctic (1903). From December 1910 until February 1911, he led a mail patrol from Fort McPherson southward to Dawson City. When the patrol did not arrive in time, a search party, led by Corporal William Dempster, was sent from Dawson City and found the bodies of Fitzgerald and the other patrol members. The trip became known as "The Lost Patrol" [1] and as "one of Yukon’s greatest tragedies."[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Francis Joseph Fitzgerald
Insp. Francis Fitzgerald
Born(1869-04-12)12 April 1869
Died11 February 1911(1911-02-11) (aged 41)
beside the Peel River south of Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories
Resting placeFort McPherson, Northwest Territories
Police career
CountryCanada
DepartmentNorth-West Mounted Police
Service years1888–1911
RankInspector
MemorialsFrancis Fitzgerald Bridge in the Halifax Public Gardens

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References

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  2. "Sights and Sites of the Yukon". sightsandsites.ca. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
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  4. "WarMuseum.ca - South African War - 2nd Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles". warmuseum.ca. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  5. "Yukon: Herschel Island - The Law". museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  6. Morrison, William R. (January 1986). "F.J. Fitzgerald". Arctic. 39 (1): 104–105. doi:10.14430/arctic2056. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
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  7. "Community marks 100th anniversary of Lost Patrol". nnsl.com. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
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