First across the continent : Sir Alexander Mackenzie / by Barry Gough.

First across the continent : Sir Alexander Mackenzie / by Barry Gough.

By
: 
Gough, Barry M., 1938-

Publication Date
: 
1997

Publication Information
: 
Toronto : McClelland & Stewart,

Physical Description
: 
232 p. : ill., maps.

Subject Term
: 
Fur trade -- Canada -- History.
 
Indians of North America -- Canada -- History.
 
Explorers -- Canada -- Biography.
 
Fur traders -- Canada -- Biography.

Geographic Term
: 
Northwest, Canadian -- Discovery and exploration.

Summary
: 
Biography of the explorer Alexander Mackenzie, the first man to cross North America from the western hub of interior trade, Lake Athabasca, to the Pacific Ocean. Gough describes how Mackenzie came to North America in search of opportunity, and having achieved success in the fur trade, began journeying to the furthest reaches of the north and west.

Language
: 
English

ISBN
: 
9780771034060


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