The Rangers are part of the Canadian Army Reserve, and their responsibilities include surveillance, sovereignty patrols, search and rescue and disaster relief, and training up Armed Forces with survival skills.
Rangers march through Dawson City, Yukon, on Monday in a Freedom of the City honour ceremony to recognize their paramilitary service and close connections with the community.
This "proved there was a trust and link between that military unit and the citizenry of the city," said Udesen said. "To start 30 years ago and bring the patrol up to basically the number one patrol, in my opinion, in Canada is pretty awesome," Mitchell said. Mayor Bill Kendrick and Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin First Nation Chief Roberta Joseph granting the Freedom of the City to the Canadian Military, the RCMP and the Canadian Rangers on Monday.
On Tuesday, the Rangers will travel from Pelly Crossing to Dawson City by river in a five-day training course focusing on community issues and river navigation.Whitney Lackenbauer is a Canada research chair at Trent University and an honorary lieutenant colonel for First Canadian Ranger Patrol Group.