Alexander Henry

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Other Names: None

Assumed Gender: Male

Birth Date: 1739

Birth Place: Unknown

Death Date: 1824

Death Place: Unknown

Affiliations: Unknown

Notes: Pioneer of the British-Canadian fur trade; a partner in the North West Company. In 1763-64, he lived and hunted with Wawatam of the Ojibwa, who had adopted him as a brother. Tried to grow corn at settlement along Lake Superior; mentioned by John Askin 1793

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