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A 46m aerial view of Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories. Situated near to the Peel River, it was originally a post for the Hudson's Bay Company & was named for Murdoch McPherson. With a 2021 estimate population of 647, the majority of citizens identified as Indigenous & English as well as Gwich'in are recognized languages. Fort McPherson has a number of services for those traveling south from the Dempster Highway. Look down at the baseball field below to see the white pile of calcium chloride which is often used on the highway as a road binding treatment.
Fort McPherson is also known as the starting point for The Lost Patrol. Led in December 1910 by Francis Joseph Fitzgerald & three others of the now-defunct North-West Mounted Police, a mail patrol departed Fort McPherson south to Dawson City. When they did not arrive in time by February 1911, a search party led by Corporal William Dempster left Dawson City & on March 22/23 the bodies of the four some 55km from Fort McPherson. The Lost Patrol members were buried at the St. Matthew's Anglican Church Cemetery visible in this view.
Fort McPherson & the region is also home to the lore of the Mad Trapper of Rat River, to which a man w/ the alias name of Albert Johnson had a trapping dispute in 1931-32 that sparked a huge manhunt for him in the Northwest Territories & Yukon. Indigenous trappers complained that Johnson was tampering with their traps & after the RCMP showed up at his cabin w/ a warrant. As they tried to force the door, Johnson fired through the door & wounded Constable Alfred King. After reinforcements, a posse was formed & they swarmed the cabin lighting it w/ dynamite. After a 15-hour standoff, they had to retreat back to Aklavik for more supplies. However when they returned, Johnson had fled. He had eluded the Mounties for more than a month & even climbed high over the Richardson Mountains. After trekking through snow & frigid winter remperatures for 137km, the Mounties caught up to him in a shootout that left him fatally wounded on February 17, 1932. A restoration of his cabin is located at Fort McPherson while Johnson is buried in nearby Aklavik.
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_McPherson,_Northwest_Territories
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Johnson_(criminal)
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