Athabaska Lake
First discovered by Peter Pond, about 1778. Ten years
later the first trading post on the lake was built by Roderick McKenzie
of the North West Company, and named Fort Chipewyan. It was afterwards
moved to the north side of the lake. =Index=: Frobisher's men penetrate
to, 5; importance of in fur trade, 21, 24; called Lake of the Hills, 24.