Henday, Anthony National Historic Person
Innisfail, Alberta
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Henday on the grasslands
(© Canada Post Corporation | Société des postes canadienne. Reproduced with Permission | Reproduit avec permission.)
Address :
Innisfail, Alberta
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1953-05-26
Life Date:
0 to 0
Other Name(s):
-
Anthony Henday
(Designation Name)
Importance:
This designation has been identified for review
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: Corner of 56th Street and Lakewood Drive, Innisfail, Alberta
Departing from York Fort on Hudson Bay 26th June, 1754, and returning 20th June 1755, Anthony Henday travelled with Indian companions 1000 miles inland by canoe, afoot and on horseback to invite the tribes to the Fort for trade. From his journal it seems that he reached upper tributaries of the Saskatchewan such as the Red Deer and Battle Rivers. It is certain that he visited the Indians of the Blackfoot Confederacy and gazed on the shining peaks of the Canadian Rockies. His intrepid journey foreshadowed the expansion of the trade and dominion of the Hudson's Bay Company.
*Note: This designation has been identified for review. A review can be triggered for one of the following reasons - outdated language or terminology, absence of a significant layer of history, factual errors, controversial beliefs and behaviour, or significant new knowledge.