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Henry Kelsey (c. 1667 – 1724) was an English fur trader, explorer, and sailor who played an important role in establishing the Hudson's Bay Company. During the years 1690 to 1691, Kelsey explored Northern Manitoba from Hudson's Bay to the Saskatchewan River, near the Pacific Ocean. He is traditionally believed to be the first White man to see what is now Alberta. The designation C: (sometimes C: ) is the drive letter that refers to the main partition (or portion of an hard drive) on an MS-DOS or Windows personal computer. ...
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Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ...
An Alberta fur trader in the 1890s. ...
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The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC) is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. ...
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Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Official languages English and French, per mandate of the Constitution Act 1982 Flower Prairie Crocus Tree White Spruce Bird Great Grey Owl Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Parliamentary representation - House seats - Senate seats 14...
Hudson Bay, Canada. ...
The Saskatchewan River is a major river in Canada, approximately 550 km (340 mi) long, flowing roughly eastward across Saskatchewan and Manitoba to drain into Lake Winnipeg. ...
Kelsey has a senior public school named in his honour in Scarborough, which is now a part of the City of Toronto. He also has a park named in his honour in Saskatoon, as well as a housing residence at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Motto: Location City Information Established: 1 January 1850 (township), 1 January 1967 (borough), June 1983 (city), 1 January 1998 (amalgamated) Area: 187. ...
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Saskatoon is a city located in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. ...
The University of Alberta (U of A) is a public coeducational research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ...
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, situated in the north central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farm land on the prairies. ...
External links
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
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