Alexander Mackenzie (1764-1820)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Davis, Richard C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1987
• Subjects: Biographies; Expeditions; Explorers; Fur trade; History; Mackenzie; Sir Alexander; 1764-1820; Alberta; Northern; Bella Coola River; British Columbia; Mackenzie River; N.W.T; Pacific; Road River; West Road; Arctic; Mackenzie river
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64826

This profile recounts the two major expeditions undertaken by Alexander Mackenzie to discover a watercourse which would lead to the Pacific. In 1789 he travelled down an "unknown river until he perceived the rise and fall of the tide in the fog-bound delta. Although he is celebrated today for h...