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Robert Service Senior Public School

School History

Robert William Service (1874 – 1958) was by profession a bank clerk, and later a poet and writer, sometimes known as "the Bard of the Yukon." He is best-known for his writings about the Canadian North, including the poems The Shooting of Dan McGrew, The Law of the Yukon, and The Cremation of Sam McGee.