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St. Albert 150th Anniversary Street Name Research Project    By: Yka, Reece, Brett and Marcus ||=  ||=  ||
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Photograph Courtesy of Musée Héritage Museum. ||
 * = [[image:who.jpg height="71" align="center"]] || Mount Royal Dr. is named after the Northwest Mounted Police. || [[image:rcmphorse.jpg width="133" height="211" align="center"]] ||
 * = [[image:what.jpg height="71" align="center"]] || Their contribution to St. Albert was the police force. They played a very important role in attracting settlements to the prairies. || __1986.24.136:__ Northwest Mounted Police Office, 1980.­
 * = [[image:where.jpg height="71" align="center"]] || <span style="color: #24c6c6; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">They lived and worked in St. Albert and their original headquarters were in Fort Saskatchewan. They originally came from all over Canada. ||  ||
 * = [[image:when.jpg height="71" align="center"]] ||< <span style="color: #24c6c6; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Mounted Royal Police were established in the District in 1875. ||  ||
 * = [[image:why.jpg height="69" align="center"]] ||< <span style="color: #24c6c6; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">They are important to St. Albert because, in the early years, the police assisted new settlers by becoming land agents, agriculture experts, and welfare and immigrant officers. ||  ||
 * = [[image:interesting.jpg height="61" align="center"]] || <span style="color: #24c6c6; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">By 1914, the Mounted Police had achieved an international reputation for their role in the development of Western Canada. ||  ||