In 1911, Mrs. Pearkes and Hilda decided to move to the West Coast.  Ted remained on the homestead until he could receive clear title, and in 1913, George went to Regina to join the Royal North West Mounted Police.

Photo:  G.R. Pearkes canoeing on the
Clearwater River.  Dominion Land Survey
Party in the Fort MacMurray District of
Alberta, May 1912 - February 1913.
(ACC 83-188 Box 1.2.1)  Image size 34KB

     Six weeks after Pearkes joined, he was chosen along with seven other volunteers to go to the Yukon on detachment duty.  He remained there for the next two years, working in various regions of the territory.  Upon the outbreak of the First World War, Pearkes decided to enlist, receiving his discharge from the RNWMP in February 1915.



Photo:  Constable Pearkes, R.N.W.M.P., at Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.  (ACC 83-188 Box 1.1.12)

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