Yukon Field Force Cemetery
Fort Selkirk, Yukon, Canada
Photo courtesy Yukon Historian
Gord Allison
1 April 2017

Yukon Field Force Cemetery
Fort Selkirk, Yukon, Canada
Photo courtesy Yukon Historian
Gord Allison
1 April 2017

Graves of two of the three Field Force members are in the foreground.

Cairn in the centre of the Yukon Field Force Cemetery, a plot within the Fort Selkirk Cemetery.

"In memory of
The first members of the Canadian Armed Forces to die on active service in the Yukon Territory while serving with the Yukon Field Force, 1898-1900.

Fort Selkirk, Y.T.
Reg. No. 42 Gunner J. Corcoran
Reg. No. 63 Corporal G. Hansen
Reg. No. 127 Private H. Walters

Dawson City, Y.T.
Reg. No. 125 Corporal M. Watson

"I am the land that listens,
I am the land that broods.
Steeped in eternal beauty,
Crystaline waters and woods."
Robert Service

Cairn erected by Canadian Forces Northern Region and 2685 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps, 1971 "

The Yukon Field Force Cemetery, a plot with 3 graves within the Fort Selkirk cemetery. Photo taken July 15, 2017.