Comments by "GH1618" (@GH-oi2jf) on "Canadian Adventures of Alexander Mackenzie" video.

  1. There are many other interesting Scots involved in the exploration of the Pacific Northwst: David Douglas, Donald McKenzie, and Dr. John McLoughlin, for example. Other Canadians also had a significant role in the development of the NW. The Sisters of Providence, founded by Mother Gamelin in Montreal, built hospitals in the NW. I was born in one.
    2
  2. He crossed North America. The use of “America” as short for “United States of America” is common and a source of some confusion, but the context here makes it quite clear. The border between Canada and the United States was not defined in the west then.
    1
  3. Amerigo Vespucci
    1
  4. Canada is in North America. The boundary between Canada and the United States as not set then.
    1
  5. I haven’t been to Calgary, but I’ve been to Alberta. I knew which provinces I was in.
    1
  6. Mackenzie. The McKenzie River is in Oregon and is named after Donald McKenzie.
    1