17th February

At the end of a massive manhunt, fugitive Albert Johnson, known as The Mad Trapper Of Rat River, is shot dead by a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on the banks of The Eagle River, Yukon, Canada. During the manhunt, Johnson had killed one officer and wounded another. The hunt for Johnson will inspire several songs, including The Capture Of Albert Johnson by Wilf Carter [aka Montana Slim]; The Mad Trapper Of Rat River [1961] by Stanley G Triggs, and Rat River Trapper [1974] by Doug Hutton.