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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 by a European in 1793. The Mackenzie River and Mount Sir Alexander are named after him.
Sir Alexander Mackenzie, fur trader, explorer (born around 1764 near Stornoway, Scotland; died 12 March 1820 near Dunkeld, Scotland). Mackenzie was one of Canada’s greatest explorers. In two epic journeys for the North West Company in 1789 and 1793, he crossed the dense northern wilderness to reach the Arctic and Pacific Oceans.
Alexander Mackenzie (born 1763/64, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland—died March 11/12, 1820, near Dunkeld) was a Scottish fur trader and explorer who traced the course of the 1,100-mile Mackenzie River in Canada.
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Sir Alexander Mackenzie was one of the greatest explorers in history. He opened up vast tracts of the Canadian wilderness for trade and settlement. He mapped the Mackenzie River all the way to the Arctic Ocean and seas the first man to travel right across Canada and return.
Jun 11, 2018 · 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 travel overland to the Pacific Coast.
Jul 18, 2013 · Mackenzie set out from Fort Chipewyan on the Athabasca River in 1789 to test Pond's theory. After an arduous 2500 km canoe trip he found himself at a colossal dead end, for the river flowed to the Arctic, not the Pacific, Ocean. Despite the first expedition's difficulties, Mackenzie immediately began planning a second.
Alexander Mackenzie, the fur trade's most celebrated explorer, became the first European to cross the continent overland in 1793. (As portrayed by Albert Schultz in Canada: A People's History)
