Mackenzie's crossing to the Pacific (1793)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Mackenzie's_crossing_to_the_Pacific_(1793)
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_expedition
gptkbp:countryTraversed gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:dateReachedPacific July 22, 1793
gptkbp:distance over 3,000 miles
gptkbp:documentedIn Voyages from Montreal
gptkbp:duration May to July 1793
gptkbp:endPoint gptkb:Bella_Coola,_British_Columbia
gptkbp:hasCompanion gptkb:Voyageurs
Indigenous guides
gptkbp:historicalSignificance preceded Lewis and Clark Expedition by 12 years
gptkbp:inscription Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by land, 22d July 1793
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Alexander_Mackenzie
gptkbp:notableAchievement first recorded transcontinental crossing of North America north of Mexico
gptkbp:purpose find a route to the Pacific Ocean
gptkbp:route gptkb:Fraser_River
gptkb:Bella_Coola_River
gptkb:Peace_River
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:North_West_Company
gptkbp:startDate 1793
gptkbp:startPoint gptkb:Fort_Chipewyan
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Exploration_of_North_America
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mackenzie's crossing to the Pacific (1793)