Encyclopedia Wikipedia ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch tonew thesaurus Noun1. Sir Alexander Mackenzie- Canadian explorer (born in England) who explored the Mackenzie River and who was first to cross North America by land north of Mexico (1764-1820) ...
SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE(c.1755-1820), Canadian explorer, was probably a native of Inverness. Emigrating to North America at an early age, he was for several years engaged in the fur trade at Fort Chippewyan, at the head of Lake Athabasca, and it was here that his schemes of travel were...
Encyclopedia Ri·chard (rē-shärd′),Joseph Henri MauriceKnown as"Rocket."1921-2000. Canadian hockey player. A right wing for the Montreal Canadiens (1942-1960), he led his team to eight Stanley Cup championships and was the first player to score 50 goals in a season. ...
But the Liberal government, to which Laurier was admitted as minister of inland revenue in 1877, made only a slight increase in duties, raising the general tariff from 15% to 171%; and against the political judgment of Alexander Mackenzie, Sir Richard Cartwright, George Brown, Laurier and ...
(1873–78) in AlexanderMackenzie's administration. As minister of trade and finance (1896–1911) in Sir WilfridLaurier's government, Cartwright was acting prime minister on several occasions. He entered the Senate in 1904. A noted public speaker, he was the Liberal party's spokesman on ...
from information gathered during voyages by such explorers asJohn Davis,William Baffin,Sir John Ross, Sir William Parry, Frederick William Beechey, andSir George Back, augmented by overland expeditions byHenry Kelsey,Samuel Hearne, andSir Alexander Mackenzie. The worst tragedy came whenSir John Frankl...