Canadian Security Intelligence Service
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History

CSIS Begins

link to page on Thomas D'Arcy McGee.
link to page on Fenian invasions, 1870.
link to page on Henri Le Caron.
link to page on The Secret Service office of the Dominion Police.

Henri Le Caron

Henri Le Caron, born Thomas Miller Beach, was a Civil War veteran recruited by the British in 1867 to spy on the Fenian movement in the United States. Le Caron was arguably one of the most successful covert agents to work for the Canadian government.

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