Roderick McKenzie (Fort William fur trader)

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Roderick McKenzie
OccupationHudson's Bay Company chief factor

Roderick McKenzie was a Hudson's Bay Company chief factor at Fort William in the 1820s.[1]

Career

  • Replaced a chief factor named Stewart at Fort William in the 1820s.
  • His wife was a Nipigon Indian; his three mixed-ancestry sons all worked in the fur trade.
  • A Hudson's Bay Company employee named Roderick McKenzie, possibly one of his sons, was praised by Commissioner William Robinson for his services during the 1850 Robinson-Superior Treaty negotiations.

References

  1. "Historical Profile of the Lake Superior Study Area's Mixed European-Indian Ancestry Community."[website].Joan Holmes & Associates Inc. (for the Office of the Federal Interlocutor, Department of Justice Canada).2007-09-30.Link.(Rights: unknown | Access: open)