- Henry Kelsey
Henry Kelsey (c. 1667 – 1724), aka the Boy Kelsey, was an English
fur trade r,explorer , andsailor who played an important role in establishing theHudson's Bay Company .Kelsey was born and married in East
Greenwich , south-east of central London. [http://www.greenwich-guide.org.uk/november.htm#24 Greenwich Guide - Greenwich Day by Day - November ] ]During the years 1690 to 1691, Kelsey explored what is now northern
Manitoba fromHudson Bay to theSaskatchewan River . He is traditionally believed to be the first recorded white man to see what is now the provinces ofAlberta andSaskatchewan .He is the first European known to have seen the prairies, the great buffalo herds, the
grizzly bears , and the many Plains tribes. [citeweb|url=http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/henrykelsey/whowasshkelsey.htm|title=Henry Kelsey Senior Public School|accessdate=2008-04-26]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.
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 theUniversity of Alberta in Edmonton.Canada Post issued a 6¢ postage stamp entitled "Henry Kelsey, first explorer of the Plains" in his honour. [cite web|title=Henry Kelsey, first explorer of the Plains|url=http://mikan3.archives.ca/pam/public_mikan/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=2216646&rec_nbr_list=2220536,2216646,3632622,3632929,2958383,2226332,2226328&print_version=yes]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. [The History of Canadian Broadcasting, “The Call Letters of Canadian Stations”, Canadian Communications Foundation,http://www.broadcasting-history.ca]
References
External links
* [ttp://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=869 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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