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Map of the North Part of America on which is laid down Mackenzie's Track from Montreal to the North Sea Inscription on a stone at the end of Alexander Mackenzie's 1792–1793 Canada crossing from the Peace River to the Pacific Ocean coast; located at
Augustus Adams in his front yard, Sandwich, Ontario, 1906. Old Sandwich Town is home to some of Ontario's oldest and most historically important buildings, such as Mackenzie Hall, built by Alexander Mackenzie, a local stone-mason and builder who went on to be Canada's second Prime Minister, [6] and the Duff Baby House, considered to be the oldest-surviving structure in all of Ontario. [1]
From 1 November 1792 to 9 May 1793, Alexander Mackenzie wintered there prior to his expedition to the Pacific Ocean. [1] [2] The fort was used until the NWC merged with the XY Company in 1805, after which it was replaced by Fort Dunvegan, further upstream. The fort was located southwest of the present-day town of Peace River, Alberta. [1]
English: Photograph of Alexander Mackenzie's burial place in the village of Avoch, Ross Shire. Included is a replica of the stone he carved at Bella Coola in Canada. Included is a replica of the stone he carved at Bella Coola in Canada.
Inscription at the end of the Alexander Mackenzie's Canada crossing located at . The Alexander MacKenzie Heritage Trail (also Nuxalk-Carrier Route, [1] Blackwater Trail, or simply The Grease Trail) is a 420 km (260 mi) long historical overland route between Quesnel and Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada (53.269N,123.149W to 52.968N, 125.704W) Of the many grease trails connecting the Coast ...
Sir George Mackenzie, 5th Baronet (1811–1839) [1] The title became dormant on the death of the 5th Baronet in 1839. It was then assumed in the period 1900 to 1904 by Edward Mackenzie-Mackenzie. He was the son of Edward Maunde Thompson and his wife Georgina Susanna Mackenzie (born 1839), posthumous daughter of the 5th Baronet. [1]
Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. Located at the mouth of Elcho Harbour on Dean Channel , it enshrines the farthest point west reached by Alexander Mackenzie in 1793 and the rock he marked to commemorate his journey. [ 2 ]
He submits a map of the area to the United States Congress and Lt. Governor of Quebec in 1785. [6] [5] [6] 1788 Alexander Mackenzie mentions "bituminous" substances banking the Athabasca river. Mackenzie and others found Fort Chipewyan. [7] July 3, 1789 Alexander Mackenzie embarks on his 1789 expedition to the Arctic Ocean from Fort Chipewyan.