Edward Miller Telford (d. 1935)
Edward Teller Joined the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) in June 1891 and was in Depot Division.1) Constable Telford was in the first Yukon detachment of NWMP officers to arrive at Forty Mile in 1895.2)
Inspector Constantine allowed his NWMP officers to take time off to stake claims during the early days of the Klondike gold rush. Among those who reported finding “good money” was Sergeant P. C. Engel, Sergeant Murray, Henry Edward Hayne, Constable H. N. Jenkins, Constable Telford, and Corporal E. Newbrook.3)
Edward Telford re-engaged as a constable in the NWMP in Dawson in August 1900. He was promoted to sergeant in May 1901, and staff sergeant in August 1901. He went on to become a sergeant major in 1908, an inspector in 1910, and a superintendent in 1926.4) He was the RNWMP's Officer in Charge in Mayo in 1917. He was later appointed Yukon's acting Gold Commissioner from 1922-1926.5)
A Claude Tidd photograph shows the Telford family leaving Dawson where he was the RCMP commander in 1926.6) Telford retired from the Force in January 1927 as the commanding officer of “E” Division. He died in Victoria, British Columbia. Telford Creek, flowing into the Stewart River was likely named for Superintendent Telford.7)