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Mackenzie (district)
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n.
the most westerly of the Northwest Territories (def. 2b), named after the explorer Alexander Mackenzie, 1764-1820.
Quotations
1883
His lot was cast in the far-off Mackenzie district, and here he gained his acquaintance with the fur trade and the company's affairs, so useful to him in his after career.
1953
It is my belief that many measures could be introduced by the Federal Government, through the Northwest Territories Administration, which would better the lot of the residents of Mackenzie.
1966
The rapidly increasing pace of development in the Northwest Territories, especially in the Mackenzie District, now began to suggest even more fundamental changes in the structure of Territorial government.