Alexander MacKenzie
(1764-1820)

explorer of Canada

Died aged 56

Sir Alexander Mackenzie (or MacKenzie, Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair MacCoinnich; c. 1764 – 12 March 1820) was a Scottish explorer known for accomplishing the first crossing of America north of Mexico in 1793. The Mackenzie River is named after him.

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Commemorated on 2 plaques

Monceau on Flickr
Stornoway, United Kingdom
on Wikimedia Commons
Ocean Falls, BC, Canada

Sir Alexander MacKenzie. The explorer who was the first white man to follow the Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean and the first to cross the continent of North America North of Mexico. Was born in the year (?) 1763 in a house which stood on this site.

corner of Francis Street and Kenneth Street, Stornoway, United Kingdom where they was born (1764)

Alex MacKenzie from Canada by land 22nd July 1793

, Ocean Falls, BC, Canada where they was (1793)