Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Albert Joseph Chartrand
In memory of:
Constable Albert Joseph Chartrand
February 13, 1942
Pasley Bay, Northwest Territories
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
10155
37
K Division, Edmonton to Aklavik,, Coppermine, and St. Roch
Additional Information
October 8, 1904
Ottawa, Ontario
January 22, 1926
Prior to joining the Force he worked at the grand old Russell Hotel and was a carrier boy for the “Le Devoir”. Cst. Chartrand loved the outdoors. He patrolled the settlements of the western Arctic: Aklavik, Herschel Island, Coppermine and Cambridge Bay. Cst. Chartrand spent a lot of his time breeding and training sled dogs and he set records as an expert dog driver. In 1940 Cst. Chartrand was chosen as a member of the eight man crew that would sail on the RCMP Schooner St. Roch when it attempted to traverse the Northwest Passage from west to east. He died of a heart attack on duty aboard the RCMP Schooner St. Roch, which was frozen in at Pasley Bay, Northwest Territories. Cst. Chartrand is buried in Pasley Bay.
Commemorated on Page 104 of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Honour Roll Book.
Digital Collection
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Constable Albert Joseph Chartrand – © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada as represented by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police -
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Constable Albert Joseph Chartrand – © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada as represented by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police -
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Grave marker – Photo courtesy of www.rcmpgraves.com -
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Inscription on grave marker – Photo courtesy of www.rcmpgraves.com -
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Medal – Albert Chartrand Polar Medal with bar posthumously awarded. Photo from personal collection -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Edmonton Bulletin February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Edmonton Bulletin February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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