Arrival at the Arctic Coast
Abstract Beginning at Fort Chepewyan, this industrious young Scotsman made his way to the Great Slave Lake in what is today the Canadian Northwest Territories, and then traveled down the river that now bears his name to the Arctic Coast. In July 1789, as France exploded in violent revolution, Alexan...
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Oxford University PressNew York, NY
1990
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195061024.003.0006 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52479459/isbn-9780195061024-book-part-6.pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract Beginning at Fort Chepewyan, this industrious young Scotsman made his way to the Great Slave Lake in what is today the Canadian Northwest Territories, and then traveled down the river that now bears his name to the Arctic Coast. In July 1789, as France exploded in violent revolution, Alexander Mackenzie was making a different sort of history at the furthest reaches of the known world. In this passage Mackenzie de scribes his arrival near the outlet of the river on what is today called Mackenzie Bay. Of equivalent importance historically was his arrival on June 22, 1793, at the Pacific Ocean, a feat that fulfilled his youthful dream of being the first person to cross the North American continent. |
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