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Alexander Mackenzie
Alexander Mackenzie 1822-92, Canadian political leader, b. Scotland. Emigrating (1842) to Canada, he worked first as a stonemason in Kingston, Ont., and then as a builder and contractor in Sarnia. In Lambton he became editor (1852) of a Liberal newspaper. Elected (1861) to the Canadian Legislative... Read more |
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Sir Alexander Mackenzie
Sir Alexander Mackenzie 1764?-1820, Canadian fur trader and explorer, b. Scotland. His family took him to the colony of New York in 1774, and later he was sent to Canada. He entered (c.1779) a Montreal fur-trading firm and in a short time became partner of one of the firms that merged (1787) to... Read more |
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Thomas Alexander Crerar
Thomas Alexander Crerar 1876-1975, Canadian political leader. Under his able direction the United Grain Growers, Ltd., of which he was president (1907-29), became one of the most successful farmers' cooperative movements in W Canada. A Liberal, Crerar served (1917-19) as minister of agriculture in... Read more |
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Smoky
Smoky river, c.250 mi (400 km) long, rising in Jasper National Park, W Alta., Canada, and flowing generally NE to the Peace River. It receives the Wapiti and Little Smoky rivers. It was explored (1792) by Alexander Mackenzie.... Read more |
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Shuswap
Shuswap ETHNONYMS: Shihwapmukh, Suxwapmux The Shuswap now live on a number of reserves attached to the Kamloops-Okanagan and Williams Lake agencies in south-central British Columbia in the general area from Kamloops to Revelstoke in parts of the drainages of the Fraser, Thompson, and upper... Read more |
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Sarsi
Sarsi ETHNONYM: Sarcee The Sarsi are an Athapaskan-speaking American Indian group with close linguistic relationships to the Sekani and Beaver to the west and northwest. They now number about five hundred and live on the Sarcee Reserve just southwest of Calgary, Alberta. At the time of... Read more |
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Liberal party (Canada)
Liberal party Canadian political party. Prior to confederation in 1867, reform parties advocating greater local participation in provincial governments, free trade, and increased separation of church and state existed in Canada West, Canada East, and the Maritime Provinces. After 1867 although the... Read more |
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Peace
Peace river, 945 mi (1,521 km) long, formed by the junction of the Finlay and Parsnip rivers at Williston Lake, N central British Columbia, Canada. It flows east through the Rocky Mts., then generally northeast across N Alberta and onto the Northern Plains where it meanders to the Slave River at... Read more |
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canoe
canoe , long, narrow watercraft with sharp ends originally used by most peoples. It is usually propelled by means of paddles, although sails and, more recently, outboard motors are also used. The canoe varies in material according to locality and in design according to the use made of it. In North... Read more |
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Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier , 1841-1919, Canadian prime minister. He studied law at McGill Univ. His premiership of Canada (1896-1911), the first to be held by a French Canadian, was the longest continuous term in the history of the dominion. From his first speech in the Quebec legislature, to which he was... Read more |
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Continental trek.(First Crossing: Alexander Mackenzie, His Expedition Across...
Sir Alexander Mackenzie remains a prominent figure in the...and the book First Crossing: Alexander Mackenzie, His Expedition Across North America...great credit to the publisher. Alexander Mackenzie, born near Stornoway, Isle of... |
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First Crossing: Alexander Mackenzie, His Expedition across North America, and...
First Crossing: Alexander Mackenzie, His Expedition across...for the explorer Sir Alexander Mackenzie. This fur trader...natives, and his deputy Alexander McKay (to whom even...little attention). Mackenzie offers almost no words... |
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OBITUARY: Alexander Mackenzie Austere painter of the modern St Ives School
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE was a Liverpool-born and -trained...became head of Plymouth College of Art. Mackenzie was born the son of a doctor in Liverpool...moved to Yorkshire when he was nine, Mackenzie returned to his home town shortly after... |
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"He never harmed an Indian": ethnographic consequences of Alexander...
...narrative forms in Alexander Mackenzie's Voyages from Montreal...that characterize Alexander Mackenzie's exploration account...building," status to Mackenzie and his allegedly...27; Daniells, Alexander 53; Barratt 43... |
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JOSE LUIZ DE LA CRUZ | KAITLYN ANN BURROWS | EDSON ALEXANDER BARRERA |...
...Cecilia and Edson Barrera of Chicago. Weighing 8 pounds, Edson Alexander was born at Condell Medical Center in Libertyville on Wednesday...Medical Center in Libertyville on Saturday, June 12, 1999, Mackenzie Nicole weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces. The maternal grandparents... |
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MEMO PAD: FIRE AND ICE...SEEKING GUIDANCE...DYE JOB.(The Wall Street...
...fashion writer and designer Alexander McQueen are said to have...executive editor Jillian Mackenzie is returning to Allure as deputy editor. Mackenzie joined Seventeen right...her post in November. Mackenzie stepped in as interim editor... |
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The sky's the limit: but Alison MacKenzie is on solid ground: with...
...based in Port Alberni, BC. Mackenzie, who is just as comfortable...the marine transportation. The Mackenzie family has a long history in...Alison's great grandfather, Alexander Mackenzie, began logging in 1912 with... |
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Riding the wild river north; Canada's Mackenzie River flows north to the the...
...none - none - came close to the Mackenzie. Going downstream, helped by...Indians in this region call the Mackenzie "Dehcho," meaning "great...moniker honoring British explorer Alexander Mackenzie, who canoed it in 1789. By... |
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MACKENZIE.(Obit)
...includes her husband Fred; son Ryan A. MacKenzie of Brewerton; daughter Kelley MacKenzie of Brewerton; parents Luigi and Rose Rotella...Rotella of Lakeport; and grandson Marcus Alexander MacKenzie. Funeral services are Saturday at 8... |
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A Mackenzie River feast Huge pike are merely the appetizer.(Sports)(Outdoors...
...Such was the case here on the Mackenzie River on the west end of Great...Arctic Ocean. In fact, the Mackenzie is the longest river in Canada...kilometers long. In 1789, explorer Alexander Mackenzie thought he was following a river... |