Commissioner
Donald Roderick Cameron (1834-1921)
Royal Engineers
Samuel Anderson (1839-1881)
Chief Astronomer
Albany Featherstonhaugh (1840-?)
Assistant Astronomer
Arthur Cleatheroe Ward
Secretary
William James Galwey (1839-?)
Assistant Astronomer
Civilians
William Frederick King (?-1916)
Assistant Astronomer
William A. Ashe
Assistant Astronomer
George F. Burpee
Assistant Astronomer
George C. Coster
Assistant Astronomer
Lawrence William Herchmer (1840-1915)
Commissary
Thomas J. W. Burgess (?-1925)
Medical Officer
Thomas Millman (c1850-1921)
Assistant Medical Officer
William George Boswell
Veterinarian
George Mercer Dawson (1849-1901)
Geologist
A. G. Forrest
Surveyor
Alexander L. Russel
Surveyor
William Hallet
Chief Guide
Charles Sibbald (1845-1930)
Photographers
? McCammon
? Parsons
James Edgar Bangs (?-1901)
Archibald Campbell (1813-1887)
Elliott Coues (1842-1899)
Francis Ulric Farquhar (c1838-1883)
Francis Vinton Greene (1850-1921)
James Fingal Gregory (1846-1897)
William Johnson Twining (1839-1882)
See also:
The Boundary Commission Trail and the North West Mounted Police: A Review of Site Development Progress by Graham MacDonald
Manitoba History, Number 19, Spring 1990Life on the Boundary Commission (1872-74), Being Extracts from Letters of Charles Sibbald, Jr. 1873-74 by R. Leslie Taylor
MHS Transactions, Series 3, Number 33, 1976-77 SeasonDufferin: Then and Now
Manitoba History, Number 23, Spring 1992Arc of the Medicine Line: Mapping the World's Longest Undefended Border Across the Western Plains by Tony Rees (Douglas & McIntyre, 2007).
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Fort Dufferin (Emerson)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Boundary Commission North West Mounted Police Historic Trail (RM of Stanley)
This gallery was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Gallery revised: 4 January 2011
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