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Mackenzie, Sir Alexander
1764?–1820, Canadian fur trader and explorer, b. Scotland. His family took him to the colony of New York in 1774, and later he was sent to Canada. He entered (c. 1779) a Montreal fur-trading firm and in a short time became partner of one of the firms that merged (1787) to form the North West Company. [eng] |
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Sir Alexander Mackenzie
In 1793, Mackenzie became the first white person north of Mexico to reach the Pacific by crossing overland. As a young boy, he had moved from Scotland to Montreal, where he became involved in the fur trade. When his company joined with the North West company in 1787, Mackenzie became a partner and set off for Athabasca, where he conceived the plan to find an overland route to the Pacific. [eng] |
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Destination Arctic: Alexander Mackenzie
Alexander Mackenzie was born in Stornoway, Scotland. The year of his birth is unclear, but he emigrated to New York City in 1774 and to Montreal five years later. He made his first foray into Northwestern Canada in 1789, leaving Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabasca to search for a waterway to the Pacific. [eng] |
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Alexander Mackenzie
Alexander Mackenzie's journal of his travels through (current) northern Canada was published in England in 1801 as Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Laurence Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans In the Years 1789 and 1793. The travelogue begins with "A General History of the Fur Trade", which describes the water route from Montreal to Lake Athabasca. The following contains the portion of Mackenzie's journal describing the fur trade route within the current boundaries of the Province of Saskatchewan. [eng] |
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MSN Encarta - Mackenzie, sir Alexander
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Great Canadian Explorers: Sir Alexander MacKenzie
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Alexander Mackenzie Heritage Trail
Long before North America was discovered by the Europeans, there was a network of trails that the aboriginal people used for trade and travel from the west coast into the interior of British Columbia. One of the many staple trading items was the Eulachon (oolichan), a small fish that was dried or rendered into fat. This Eulachon grease was carried inland along trails that are now called "grease trails". [eng] |
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Empire of the Bay: Alexander Mackenzie
Sir Alexander Mackenzie was a Scot who grew to become a Canadian hero. A fur trader and explorer, Mackenzie became convinced that Cook's River, in present-day Alaska, could provide a water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. Such a route — the mythical Northwest Passage — would provide a gateway to the vast trading markets of the Orient. [eng] |
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Sir Alexander Mackenzie the Scottish Bulldog
Sir Alexander Mackenzie ranks as one of the most remarkable persons of North American wilderness history and, indeed, as one of the greatest travelers of all time. His transcontinental crossing predated (and indeed inspired) the more famous Lewis and Clark American expedition by twelve years. [eng] |
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Speech by Alexander Mackenzie
July 13, 1875. [eng] |
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