Sam Steele
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Samuel Benfield Steele (
January 5,
1851 -
January 30,
1919) was a famous member of the
North West Mounted Police. He was one of the original members of the force and played a large part in establishing its reputation. Among many other feats, he is credited with turning the
Yukon goldrush of
1895 into one of the most orderly events of its kind in history. In
1900 he was seconded to command Lord Strathcona's Horse, a Canadian light cavalry unit sent to
South Africa during the
Boer war and did so with distinction.
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