Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park

Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park is a remote coastal park on British Columbia’s Dean Channel that preserves the westernmost point reached by Alexander Mackenzie on his 1793 overland journey to the Pacific. Its central feature is the rock linked to his arrival, which he marked with bear grease and vermilion; after that paint vanished, Captain R. P. Bishop said he found the rock in 1923 and carved a permanent inscription into it. The cove also holds a historical First Nations village site and beach petroglyphs, showing a much deeper human history. Accessible mainly by boat, the park remains isolated and undeveloped.