RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

      A new book has been written and now published on the “Highway of Tears” called “Obstruction Of Justice” by RCMP Veteran Ray Michalko.           “The Highway of Tears” is a lonely seven hundred kilometer stretch of road that winds through the Coast Mountains wilderness of British Columbia. Over […]

        Veteran Windy Gale sent us the following NWMP legend which appeared in the 44th edition (1962) of the Vancouver Division’s Scarlet & Gold magazine.       The late Gen. John J. Pershing once cooperated with the Mounted Police in a matter that subsequently grew into one of those fabulous tales […]

      Veteran Windy Gale send us the following article which appeared in the 43rd edition of the Vancouver Division’s Scarlet & Gold Magazine.         In the autumn of 1878 when it was learned that the Princess Louise, a daughter of Queen Victoria, was to come to Canada as the consort […]

      One thing is for certain when dealing with the history of the Force, when you write a story of interest there is always someone out there who can add more to it.         The following is just one example. Recently, I wrote an article on the mysterious white horse […]

        Veteran Windy Gale sent us this article which he transcribed from the 37th edition (1955) of the Vancouver Division’s Scarlet & Gold Magazine.           The Big Bend detachment, located in the Macleod Division in Southern Alberta, is probably one of the best known outposts in the West. […]

      Veteran Larry Burden sent us the following article for the information of other Veterans.           A United States Air Force C-47 en route to Frobisher Bay, NWT, January 18, transporting 12 people encountered engine problems and was forced to crash land on the ice. The pilot managed to […]

      Recently, I came into possession of three photos that have the notation at the bottom “Visit of HRH Prince of Wales Vancouver, BC, Sep 22-23 1919.”           I thought one of them looked familiar causing me to go through my collection of RCMP photos.  I found a copy […]

      Windy Gale sent us this article which was originally written by RCMP Veteran Henry Vernon Joseph LaCHANCE (Reg.#9245) and appeared in the 16th edition (1935) of the Vancouver Division’s Scarlet & Gold Magazine.  Noted articles was transcript for us by Windy Gale who resides in England and a long-time supporter of the […]

      Veteran Ric Hall is seeking the assistance of Veterans to identify the sign and the unknown RCMP member as outlined below.           Picture of Interest A member found this sign in a junk shop and gave it to me.   She asked me the question; “Have I ever seen […]

          Over the past few weeks, we have received many submitted photographs from various Veterans.         Based on our review of these photos, we have selected the following as being the top ten.  Our Association does not support any products contained within these photos. 1) Veteran Harold Feiertag […]