CH-0101 · RESEARCH DRAFT
Mackenzie expedition reaches the Pacific
The 1793 expedition crossed to the Pacific with Indigenous assistance and established travel knowledge for the fur trade.
Not publication-ready. Separate canoe travel from overland portages; no route geometry has been reconstructed.
- Historical place
- Prairies
- Present-day context
- Unknown — navigation aid, not historical jurisdiction
- Peoples named in this record
- Indigenous guides, Voyageurs, Alexander Mackenzie expedition
- Review state
- source supported draft — source-supported draft is not independent verification
- Catalogue updated
- French text
- Translation pending; English research text shown.
Map context
No dated political snapshot is available for this event. No historical boundary is inferred.
Source evidence
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Alexander Mackenzie
Parks Canada · · Review: page opened
Recorded retrieval date: 2026-10-12. This date does not prove a complete document was reviewed.
Primary institutional reference opened; draft entry and event-specific geography require editorial review.