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About Alexander Mackenzie
Sir Alexander Mackenzie was a Scottish explorer and fur trader known for accomplishing the first crossing of North America north of Mexico by a European in 1793. The Mackenzie River and Mount Sir Alexander are named after him. As a leading member of the North West Company, he aspired to extend the Company's operations into western Canada and sell furs gained from there in China. His ambitions competed with the monopoly positions of both the Hudson's Bay Company and the East India Company.
Everything about Alexander Mackenzie →- Occupation
- explorer, politician, fur trader
- Position held
- Member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Canada
- Born
- 1764
- Died
- March 12, 1820