Peace River

A tributary of the Mackenzie; rises in Thutage Lake, in

northern British Columbia, its total length being 1065 miles. It is

first mentioned in the Voyages of Alexander Mackenzie. Mackenzie

ascended the river, in 1792, on his way to the Pacific. He says that it

took its name from a place on its banks known as Peace Point, where the

Crees and Beaver Indians settled their disputes. Alexander Henry learned

of the river, un er the same name, in 1776, from a party of Chipewyans

whom he met at Ile a la Crosse Lake. =Index=: (Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson era) Post built on, by

Boyer, 1788, 19, 61; its outlet, 33, 34; described, 34; Mackenzie on,

34, 62; sends party to build post on, 61; Boyer's post known as "Old

Establishment," 61; fertility of the region, 61; the falls, 62;

Mackenzie winters there, 64-66; beautiful scenery, 69; Mackenzie's

description of, 69, 71. (Sir James Douglas era) Mackenzie ascends, 54; visited by Thompson,

58; ascended by Simon Fraser, 59. =Bib.=: Bryce, Hudson's Bay Company;

Burpee, Search for the Western Sea.