Alexander Mackenzie

 

A GREAT ADVENTURE ENDS FOR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE 1793

 

Heading southwest on Dean Channel we locate the cairn for Alexander Mackenzie’s last stop of his journey across North America.

This is a reminder of the great accomplishment by Alexander Mackenzie. As a school boy reading his adventures this is the explanation mark for his westward trek.  He ended the trek here because the waters beyond this Bella Coola Indians guides could not guarantee his safety. This was Bella Bella territory and perhaps not friendly. A few miles west on the north side of Dean Channel there are pictographs that are thought to be the real boundary lines for each native tribe.  .   

Cairn Honouring Mackenzie



Pictograph

We took pictures of them, after 200 plus years still very legible.