The first official police presence in the Peace came with the NWMP's attempt to build a cart road to the Yukon gold fields in 1897. Earlier than that the fur trade companies more or less policed themselves as well as the native people in the area. As homesteaders flooded in and settlement increased, the BC Provincial Police made their presence felt, replacing the NWMP for a while. They were followed later by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police when the Provincial force was absorbed into the federal police force in 1950. Images from the BC Archives collection can be found following these articles.
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