Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. Located at the mouth of Elcho Harbour on Dean Channel, it enshrines...
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Sir Alexander Mackenzie (c. 1764 – 12 March 1820) was a Scottish explorer and fur trader known for accomplishing the first crossing of North America by...
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Alexander Mackenzie PC (January 28, 1822 – April 17, 1892) was a Canadian politician who served as the second prime minister of Canada, in office from...
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a site now part of Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park. A boulder on the shoreline there is marked with "Alexander MacKenzie, from Canada by land...
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wrote his name on a rock, which today is part of Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park. Mackenzie did not know that he arrived just a few weeks after...
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located in British Columbia. Located within Kakwa Provincial Park & Protected Area, Mount Sir Alexander is the most northern peak over 3,200-metres (10...
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John A. Macdonald (redirect from John Alexander, Sir Macdonald)
Sir John Alexander Macdonald GCB PC QC (10 or 11 January 1815 – 6 June 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from...
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Strathcona Provincial Park is the oldest provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, and the largest on Vancouver Island. Founded in 1911, the park was named...
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to create Finlay Forest Industries), was named for Sir Alexander MacKenzie (1764–1820). Mackenzie's main industries are logging, lumber and tourism. Duz...
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Wilfrid Laurier (redirect from Sir Wilfred Laurier)
After serving as minister of inland revenue under Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie from 1877 to 1878, Laurier became leader of the Liberal Party in...
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includes provincial parks that were cancelled. Provincial parks that were cancelled for the purpose of moving the land into a different provincial park are...
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secondary role of the park is to protect the 1793 route of Alexander Mackenzie through the continental divide. "Arctic Pacific Lakes Park". BC Geographical...
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Dunvegan Provincial Park and Historic Dunvegan (/dʌnˈveɪɡən/ dun-VAY-gən) are a provincial park and a provincial historic site of Alberta located together...
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William Lyon Mackenzie King OM CMG PC (December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950) was a Canadian statesman and politician who was the tenth prime minister of...
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northern apex of Queen's Park is the 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Memorial, erected in 1923. In 1940, the Mackenzie monument was unveiled, commemorating...
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Athabasca rivers at the southwest corner of the lake. Prior to 1789, Sir Alexander Mackenzie explored the lake. In 1791, Philip Turnor, cartographer for the...
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by the government. In 1793, British explorer Alexander Mackenzie travelled through the area of the park on his journey to the Pacific Ocean. He became...
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Kakwa Provincial Park and Protected Area is a 170,890 ha provincial park in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. The park preserves the southernmost...
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as a farmer. Later that year, Reformers in Kent county, including Alexander Mackenzie and Archibald McKellar, encouraged Brown to run in the upcoming Canadian...
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of Yellowknife, protects a portion of the Mackenzie Mountains Natural Region. The centrepiece of the park is the South Nahanni River (Naha Dehé). Four...
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John Sparrow David Thompson (redirect from Sir John Sparrow David Thompson)
Canada: Sir Samuel Henry Strong (as Chief Justice, December 13, 1892 – November 18, 1902; appointed a Puisne Justice under Prime Minister Mackenzie, September...
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Entiako Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the south flank of the Nechako River watercourse . In 1956, the boundaries...
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E.C. Manning Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is usually referred to as Manning Park, although that nomenclature is...
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European to explore the area was Sir Alexander MacKenzie, who travelled down the Peace in 1789 and eventually reached the Mackenzie River and the Arctic Ocean...
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Back, Midshipman with Franklin, 1819-1822. McGill-Queens. p. 207. Mackenzie, Alexander Sir (1801), Voyages from Montreal, London: Printed for T. Cadell, Jun...
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John Buchan (redirect from John, Sir Buchan)
that took place in June 1926 and spoke disparagingly of Mackenzie King. On 27 March 1935, Sir George Halsey Perley announced in the Canadian Parliament...
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settlements were found by Joseph Tyrrell in 1889. The great explorer, Sir Alexander Mackenzie, considered this fort to be one of the three chief trading posts...
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Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, GCMG, GCVO, PC, DL, FRS (6 August 1820 – 21 January 1914), known as Sir Donald A. Smith between...
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mountain range. After explorations of the range by Europeans, such as Sir Alexander Mackenzie, and Anglo-Americans, such as the Lewis and Clark Expedition, natural...
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Historic Sites designated in British Columbia, 13 of which are administered by Parks Canada (identified below by the beaver icon ). The first National Historic...
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