Sam Steele

Sam Steele

Major General Sir Samuel Benfield Steele, CB, KCMG, MVO (5 January 1848 – 30 January 1919) was a distinguished Canadian soldier and police official. He was an officer of the North-West Mounted Police, most famously as head of the Yukon detachment during the Klondike Gold Rush, and commanding officer of Strathcona's Horse during the Boer War.

Read more about Sam Steele:  Early Life, Early Military Career, Life in The Mounties, Boer War and Second Military Career, Personal Papers, Fictional References

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