Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park
Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park is located on the Central Coast in the traditional territories of the Heiltsuk and Nuxalk Nations. The park covers 5 hectares.
Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park. Photo courtesy of Panoramio (579441).
Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park is a protected area on BC’s Central Coast
Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park
Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park is a small coastal park near Elcho Harbour on Dean Channel. The park is located at the westernmost point in the journey of Alexander Mackenzie where, in reddish paint made of vermilion and bear grease, he wrote on a rock: “Alex Mackenzie from Canada by land 22nd July 1793.” The rock, near the water’s edge, still bears his words, which were permanently inscribed in the rock later by surveyors.
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