FTP name this river issuing from the Great Slave Lake, which is named for the Canadian explorer who first descended to the Arctic Ocean.
The chief trading posts on this river are Fort Simpson, Fort Providence, and Aklavik. Peter Pond was perhaps the first white man to enter its drainage basin at Lake Athabasca, where it joins the Finlay-Peace river system. FTP name this river issuing from the Great Slave Lake, which is named for the Canadian explorer who first descended to the Arctic Ocean.
The chief trading posts on this river are Fort Simpson, Fort Providence, and Aklavik.
{Mackenzie} River