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Mackenzie, Sir Alexander, Canadian fur trader and explorer

(Encyclopedia)Mackenzie, Sir Alexander, 1764?–1820, Canadian fur trader and explorer, b. Scotland. His family took him to the colony of New York in 1774, and later he was sent to Canada. He entered (c.1779) a Mon...

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

(Encyclopedia)Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Minute Man National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Minute Man National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Manhattan Project National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Manhattan Project National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Kings Mountain National Military Park

(Encyclopedia)Kings Mountain National Military Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Katmai National Park and Preserve

(Encyclopedia)Katmai National Park and Preserve kătˈmī [key], at the northern end of the Alaska Peninsula on Shelikof Strait, S Alaska, comprising Katmai National Park (3,674,530 acres/1,487,664 hectares) and an...

National Park of American Samoa

(Encyclopedia)National Park of American Samoa: see American Samoa; National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Harriet Tubman National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Harriet Tubman National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Hopewell Culture National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...