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Steele, Sam

Also known as Major General Sir Samuel Benfield Steele Cemetery: St. John's Anglican Cathedral, Winnipeg
Date of Birth: January 5, 1849 Place of birth: Purbrook, Medonte Township, Upper Canada, Canada West
Date of Death: January 30, 1919 Place of death: Putney (London), England Cause of death: influenza

Sam SteeleSam Steele 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 Lord Strathcona's Horse during the Boer War.

Steele, Sam
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    later buried in Winnipeg.

Cemetery

St. John's Anglican Cathedral, Winnipeg
This site marks the birthplace of the Anglican Church in Western Canada. In 1812, the first group of Selkirk Settlers established a burying ground immediately south of the present Cathedral. The Rev. John West, the first

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Fort Steele
The town of Fort Steele, BC was named after North-West Mounted Police Superintendant Sam Steele. 
Mount Steele
Mount Steele is named after Sam Steele.  At 5073 m is the 5th tallest peak in Canada and the 10th tallest in North America.  It is located in the Yukon at the head of Steele Glacier, which eventually flows into the Donjek River.