The Travels and Explorations of Alexander Mackenzie 1789-1793

Alexander Mackenzie was an explorer known for accomplishing the first east to west crossing of North America north of Mexico, which preceded the more famous Lewis and Clark Expedition by 12 years. His overland crossing of what is now Canada reached the Pacific Ocean in 1793. His lesser know accomplishment is that of eventually descending the river which now bears his name to the Arctic Ocean in search of the North West Passage. The Mackenzie River, is the longest river system in Canada and the second longest in North America.

Datasets for Mackenzie’s travels were created and were researched from Mackenzie’s published journal and other records. They are comprised of both linear and a point data. The linear data contains the attributes that includes Year, Route, Leg, Departed, Arrived, Origin, and Destination. The point data contains the attributes that includes Point Type, Date, Notes, Year, and Route.