Of his famous journey — in a birch bark canoe - Mackenzie wrote: “this favourite project of my own ambition.” A fur trader’s canoe was no ordinary vessel. He spoke highly of his own, which he variously described in the following ways: “At the same time she was so light, that two …
Sir Alexander Mackenzie
Sir Alexander Mackenzie — knighted in 1802 by King George III (as Knight Bachelor) for achievements in exploration — was born in 1762 in Stornoway. Stornoway is on the isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. One of his greatest, grandest explorations and claims to fame was that his east to …
Life After Death
A couple made a deal that whoever died first would come back and inform the other if there is sex after death. Their biggest fear was that there was no after life at all. After a long life together, the husband was the first to die. True to his word, he made the first contact: "Marion ... …