Alexander Mackenzie Becomes the First European to Cross the Continent of North America at Its Widest Part
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As an agent of the Northwest Company trading furs in western Canada, Sir Alexander Ma...
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Alexander Mackenzie
1762-1820
Scottish Explorer
Alexander Mackenzie was a trader who explored northwestern Canada in an effort to open up new territories to the fur trade. In his explorations he trace...
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Alexander Mackenzie
Born 1764, Stornoway, Outer Hebrides, Scotland Died March 12, 1820, Scotland
When searching for a river route from the Canadian interior to the Pacific Ocean, Sir Alexander Macke...
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Alexander Mackenzie (1822-1892) was a Scottish-born Canadian political leader. He was head of the Liberal party and the first Liberal prime minister of Canada.On Jan. 28, 1822, Alexander Mackenzie was...
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In 1802 the Edinburgh Review called attention to Alexander Mackenzie's Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; in th...
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The Scottish explorer, fur trader, and businessman Sir Alexander Mackenzie (ca. 1764-1820) was perhaps the most venturesome of all the explorers of the Northwest of North America. He was the first to ...
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Alexander Mackenzie Becomes the First European to Cross the Continent of North America at Its Widest Part
Alexander Mackenzie
Alexander Mackenzie
Alexander Mackenzie