On November 21, 1934, the infamous "Mad Trapper of Rat River" saga reached its dramatic climax in the frozen wilderness of Canada's Northwest Territories. Albert Johnson, a mysterious loner who had become a legend among Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers, was finally cornered after a legendary 48-day manhunt that covered over 240 kilometers of brutal Arctic terrain.

The pursuit began when Johnson repeatedly ignored warnings about trapping regulations and shot an RCMP constable who attempted to question him. What followed was an extraordinary chase that would become one of the most remarkable wilderness pursuits in Canadian history. Johnson displayed superhuman survival skills, traversing impossible landscapes in temperatures plummeting to -40°C, outmaneuvering entire RCMP tracking teams.

On this day, after weeks of pursuit, RCMP officers finally engaged Johnson in a final shootout near the Richardson Mountains. Using incredible marksmanship and wilderness survival techniques, Johnson had eluded capture multiple times, killing one Mountie and wounding others. The final confrontation saw him killed after an intense gun battle, ending one of the most extraordinary manhunts in North American law enforcement history.

Interestingly, Johnson's true identity was never conclusively established, adding an extra layer of mystery to an already incredible story of survival, defiance, and wilderness cunning.