Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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.
Digital gallery of Constable Albert Joseph Chartrand
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Constable Albert Joseph Chartrand
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Constable Albert Joseph Chartrand
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Constable Albert Joseph Chartrand
Digital gallery of
Constable Albert Joseph Chartrand
Digital gallery of
Constable Albert Joseph Chartrand
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Constable Albert Joseph Chartrand
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Constable Albert Joseph Chartrand
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In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 104 of the RCMP Book of Remembrance.
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