Episode 2 of 4

Departure from Fort Chipewyan

Name: Departure from Fort Chipewyan
Start: 1792-10-10
Location: Fort Chipewyan

When: 10 October 1792
Where: Fort Chipewyan
Part of: Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific

Mackenzie left Fort Chipewyan on 10 October 1792 with guides, his cousin, six voyageurs, and a dog.

Accompanied by two native guides (one named Cancre), his cousin Alexander MacKay, six Canadian voyageurs—Joseph Landry, Charles Ducette, François Beaulieu, Baptiste Bisson, Francois Courtois, and Jacques Beauchamp—and a dog referred to only as "our dog", Mackenzie departed Fort Chipewyan on 10 October 1792 to seek a route to the Pacific.

Sources

Alexander Mackenzie (explorer) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-24

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