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Sir Alexander Mackenzie (c. 1764 – 12 March 1820) was a Scottish explorer and fur trader known for accomplishing the first crossing of North America north of Mexico by a European in 1793. The Mackenzie River and Mount Sir Alexander are named after him.
Under the influence of Sir John Barrow, the Royal Navy sponsored many Arctic expeditions, including those led by John Ross, William Edward Parry, James Clark Ross, and John Franklin. For the next fifty years, the Royal Navy dominated the Arctic seas. [4] Map showing British Arctic exploration up until the year 1828
The Methye Portage was also used by Sir Alexander Mackenzie on his exploratory expedition to the west coast, an expedition which reached the Pacific Ocean in 1793, fully 12 years before the more famous Lewis and Clark Expedition. [3] From 1826 to the early 1870s the Portage La Loche Brigade from Fort Garry arrived at the Portage in July.
First contact with European fur traders expanding into the region occurred in the 18th century, and was increased with Alexander Mackenzie's exploration of the Mackenzie River (Deh Cho), and building of trading posts at Fort Simpson and Fort Liard. At both of these John McLeod, a Scottish explorer of the area, was to serve as manager. [16]
Sir Alexander Mackenzie, 1st Baronet (1663–1744) [1] He participated in the Darien expedition, and settled in Jamaica where he owned the Farenough estate. [2] Sir George Mackenzie, 2nd Baronet (1711-c. 1780) [1] Or McKenzie; he apparently didn't use the title. [3] Sir George Udney Mackenzie, 3rd Baronet (1747–1815) [1]
Franklin's lost expedition was a failed British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and was assigned to traverse the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic and to record magnetic data to help determine whether ...
Further west and eighteen years later, in 1789, Alexander Mackenzie reached the Arctic Ocean. The river he navigated to get there now bears his name. A map of North America exhibiting the route taken by Alexander MacKenzie's from Montreal to Fort Chipewyan, and finally the Arctic Ocean. York Factory later served as the Hudson's Bay Company's ...
Sir Alexander Mackenzie in 1800 Sir Alexander Mackenzie (1764 – March 11, 1820) became the first European to cross the Rocky Mountains in 1793. [ 23 ] He found the upper reaches of the Fraser River and reached the Pacific coast of what is now Canada on July 20 of that year, completing the first recorded transcontinental crossing of North ...