page_title: Zachary Taylor Wood
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Zachary Taylor Wood / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Memorial to William Stairs inside the Royal Military College Memorial Arch in Kingston, Ontario, Canada
context_page_description: Zachary Taylor Wood CMG was Assistant Commissioner with the North-West Mounted Police and Commissioner of the Yukon Territory of Canada.
context_section_description: Zachary Taylor Wood served with the Canadian Militia's 90th Infantry Regiment at the Battle of Batoche during the Northwest Rebellion in 1885. He joined the North-West Mounted Police in 1885 as an inspector under the command of Superintendent Sam Steele. He was promoted to the rank of Assistant Commissioner in 1892 and also served as Acting Commissioner. In 1897, he went to the Yukon and became a member of the territorial council in 1900. He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1913. He retired from the force due to poor health and died in Asheville, North Carolina in 1915 and buried at Cataraqui Cemetery in Kingston, Ontario.
caption: Royal Military College memorial
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