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The earliest trade route between eastward- and northward-flowing waters followed the Clearwater River and the Methye Portage. Discovered by Peter Pond in 1778, it was used continuously for more than a century by fur traders and explorers, including Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Sir John Franklin, and Sir George Simpson.
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