Talk:Kootenay Brown

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There was a film, usually known as Kootenay bRown but listed in imdb.com as Showdown at Williams Creek, featuring Raymond Burr as Judge Matthew Baillie Begbie, shot at Barkerville, which played the role of Fort Steele. Can't remebmer what he was on trial for - and he was on trial - but that's largely whet the film is about. I'll bring it up at WP:Films but just to note the link I've used on other pages is by the title as known in Canada Kootenay Brown (film).Skookum1 (talk) 18:03, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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as noted in an inline comment, the Rocky Mountain Rangers are a Kamloops-based militia regiment, and were not part of the North West Rebellion. I think what may be being referred to here is the (2nd) Wild Horse Creek War that led to the founding of Fort Steele

"Rocky Mountain Rangers" are indeed presently based out of Kamloops, BC, However, this does not represent an errror, as the original (1885) Rocky Mountain Rangers were indeed formed near Medicine Hat, Ab, as part of the contingent to fight in the Nort-West Resistance of 1885. ^[1]

Waterton is not the Kootenays, which are on the other side of the Rockies and which are not part of Alberta. I think the "Kootenay" sobriquet comes from the alternate name of Fisherville, where he was constable (also known as Wild Horse Creek and as Kootenay or Kootenai and which was the first town in the East Kootenay).

Waterton may not be in the Kootenays per se, but the Kootenai's are in Waterton! "Kootenai Lakes are located in Glacier National Park, in the U. S. state of Montana. The Kootenai Lakes are in the Waterton Valley in the north central section of Glacier National Park."^[2]

absence of information on his trial at Fort Steele surprises me (see previous section), not sure where to look for info on that, I'll write someone in Barkerville, where the film was shot, to see what they might have.Skookum1 (talk) 18:03, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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^ www.rockymountainrangers.ca
^ Wikipedia

Clarification of his commission needed

I believe it was common for a first commission to be "without purchase" in the non-elite infantry regiments. But I also believe that such a commission could not be sold. Someone with the time could check the gazette, or someone closer to the subject might know whether the source of the information can be trusted.

Humpster (talk) 02:28, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] www.rockymountainrangers.ca

[2] Wikipedia

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