James Allmark (d. 1918)
James Allmark was born in England. He came to the Yukon from Regina as a member of the Royal North-West Mounted Police and was stationed at Forty Mile.1) Constable Allmark solved a murder at Last Chance Creek, but subsequently deserted with some police funds. He wrote to Superintendent Wood from Circle, Alaska about the possibility of returning. Wood advised him that he would be punished but would get an honourable discharge. Allmark surrendered on 8 October and was sentenced to six months for desertion. He repaid the funds taken and so a charge of theft was stayed. Following his discharge, Almark stayed in the Yukon for several years.2)
Allmark was contracted to run the mail to Mayo, and for a long time ran the Regina Bakery in Dawson. He married, probably in 1902, and he and his wife had a daughter. Mrs. Allmark and the daughter travelled to California in 1916 and, after the daughter died in Oakland of diphtheria, Mrs. Allmark stayed in California. James Allmark was drowned when the Princess Sophia sank in the Lynn Canal.( (The Maritime Museum of British Columbia, SS Princess Sophia: Those Who Perished. 2018: 37.))