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English: Photograph of Alexander Mackenzie's burial place in the village of Avoch, Ross Shire. Included is a replica of the stone he carved at Bella Coola in Canada. Included is a replica of the stone he carved at Bella Coola in Canada.
Sir Alexander Mackenzie (c. 1764 – 12 March 1820) was a Scottish explorer and fur trader known for accomplishing the first crossing of North America north of Mexico by a European in 1793. The Mackenzie River and Mount Sir Alexander are named after him.
Alexander Mackenzie Sr. was a carpenter and ship's joiner who had to move around frequently for work after the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. Mackenzie's father died on March 7, 1836, and at the age of 13, Alexander Mackenzie Jr. was thus forced to end his formal education to help support his family.
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