Anthony Henday

After ascending a hill near what is now Innisfail in 1754, Anthony Henday has been said to have been the first non-native to see the Canadian Rockies. He wrote in his journal, "On a rising ground I had an extensive view of the Arsinie Watchie (Rocky Mountains). . ." [The Mountains and the Sky -Glenbow] Although Henday has been credited with being the first non-native to see the Canadian Rockies, there is documentation that De Saint Pierre, a French explorer, "ascended the river Paskoya (Saskatchewan) as far as the Rocky Mountains and established a good fort" in 1751. [Details may be read in "Small Moments in Time" by Anne (McMullen) Belliveau.]