Headed off to Fort Walsh. The North West Mounted Police were formed here, (they became the Royal Canadian Mounted Police) for the purposes of smashing the whisky traders and bringing law and order to this part of Canada. Interestingly, they were based on the Royal Irish Constabulary. Their formation was prompted by the massacre of some local indians by white hunters. Good tour of the fort itself as well as the museum and the surrounding countryside. Spent the day there and then headed back to the park.