Sir Alexander Mackenzie, born a Scot, was knighted by King George III in 1802 for his achievements in exploration (founding of the Northwest Passage). Mackenzie was married twice, though it’s difficult to find detail concerning his first wife, thought to be a Metis. He was 48 when he …
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Canuck Quotes: Sir Alexander Mackenzie
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 …