Willard Wentzel's account of the Mackenzie River

Abstract Following his return from participating in John Franklin's first overland expedition (1819–1822), Willard Wentzel, a clerk for the North West Company, produced a map of the Mackenzie River and a brief account of its geography, native peoples, and history and significance as it related...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Authors: Riffenburgh, Beau, Holland, Clive, Davis, Richard
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1994
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Mackenzie River
Mackenzie river
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400021306
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400021306
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Summary:Abstract Following his return from participating in John Franklin's first overland expedition (1819–1822), Willard Wentzel, a clerk for the North West Company, produced a map of the Mackenzie River and a brief account of its geography, native peoples, and history and significance as it related to the North West Company. This map and the account, which is one of the few early descriptions of the Mackenzie River area, are held in the Royal Commonwealth Society Papers at the University of Cambridge. They have not previously been published.

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