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Nov 28, 2020 · Most importantly, Mackenzie, who proposes the toast to the Immortal Memory of Dickens, and Orwell meet here for the first time. As Bowker comments (2003: 263), it is to prove a ‘fateful meeting’. For in their chat a seed is planted that is to flower in Orwell’s decision a few years later to withdraw to the remote Scottish island of Jura.
On 9 Oct. 1804 David Thompson* met him at Southern Indian Lake, where Connolly was wintering with five men, and described him as “a young man who has seen little else than bad and extravagant example.” In 1810 he was again trading at Nelson House.
- Bruce Peel
- CONNOLLY, WILLIAM
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 7
In the annals of exploration, the name Sir Alexander Mackenzie stands as a colossus, a figure whose ventures into the heart of the Canadian wilderness not merely opened new passages for trade and settlement but also connected the vast expanse of Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
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.
Mackenzie saw an opportunity to explore and to acquire personal wealth. His story embodies the history of Canada's fur trade, which is as much about exploration as economics. Competition for fur was intense, especially after New France was ceded to Great Britain in 1763.
He later met explorer Peter Pond, who would advise him to discover a land route to the Western Sea if he wanted to make a name for himself. After one failed attempt that saw him reach the Arctic Ocean, Mackenzie persisted and at the age of 30 successfully reached the Pacific.
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Jul 25, 2013 · In 1837, however, Mackenzie was emboldened by the insurgency in Lower Canada and the transfer of all British troops there from Upper Canada. He persuaded his more radical followers to draft a republican constitution for Upper Canada modelled on that of the United States.
