Henry Kelsey
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Henry Kelsey (c. 1667 – 1724), also known as "the Boy Kelsey", was an English fur trader, explorer, and sailor who played an important role in establishing the Hudson's Bay Company.
Kelsey was born and married in East Greenwich, south-east of central London.[1]
During the years 1690 to 1691, Kelsey explored what is now northern Manitoba from Hudson Bay to the Saskatchewan River. He is traditionally believed to be the first recorded white man to see what is now the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
He is the first European known to have seen the prairies, the great buffalo herds, the grizzly bears, and the many Plains tribes.[2]
He returned to England in 1722 and died two years later, being buried in St Alfege's Church, where there is a commemorative plaque to his name.[1]
[edit] Honours
Henry Kelsey has a senior public school named Henry Kelsey Senior Public School in his honour. The school is located 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. Canada Post issued a 6¢ postage stamp entitled "Henry Kelsey, first explorer of the Plains" in his honour.[3]
The Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology or SIAST (abbv.) named its Saskatoon campus for Kelsey.
The call letters for CBC radio in Saskatchewan are CBK; the K stands for Kelsey.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Greenwich Guide - Greenwich Day by Day - November
- ^ Henry Kelsey Senior Public School. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.
- ^ Henry Kelsey, first explorer of the Plains.
- ^ The History of Canadian Broadcasting, “The Call Letters of Canadian Stations”, Canadian Communications Foundation,http://www.broadcasting-history.ca
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