A legendary figure in the history of the Canadian West, Superintendent Sam Steele was head of “D” Division, North-West Mounted Police when they marched to Kootenay Post in 1887. Choosing a site for the post near Galbraith’s Ferry, Steele dispensed justice and defused the tensions that had initiated a NWMP presence in the area.
Steele was born in Purbrook, Ontario, in 1849, into a family with a strong tradition of military service. Although orphaned at age thirteen Steele followed tradition when, at age sixteen, he formed his own militia squad (in order to fight the Fenian raids). He joined the North-West Mounted Police at its inception in 1873, at the age of nineteen. Steele accepted a commission as a Sergeant-Major and was given regimental number 2 in the new force.
From his enlistment in 1873 to the year 1887, Steele’s career included involvement with some of the most significant events in the history of the Canadian West including: the Fenian Raids, the Great March West, the Northwest Rebellion of 1885 and the building of the CPR through the Rocky Mountains.
In the late 1890’s Sam Steele was sent to bring law and order to the gold fields of the Klondike, which he did very successfully. However, political intrigue once again worked against Steele and in 1899 he was unceremoniously recalled from the Yukon. Instead of waiting for a transfer to another assignment he accepted the command of a regiment being sent to fight the Boers in South Africa.
That acceptance was the end of Sam Steele’s NWMP career, serving the rest of his life in other military and police organizations including: Lord Strathcona’s Horse Regiment, the South African constabulary and the Canadian expeditionary force in World War I. After a long and grueling service to his country in foreign lands and at home, Samuel Benfield Steele passed away on January 30, 1919 at the age of 70.
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