June 19, 2026

What Scottish explorer's expeditions utilized routes near Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1845 and later departed from Liverpool, England in 1848 for an Arctic expedition?

A Henry Hudson
B John Rae
C Marquis de Lafayette
D Amerigo Vespucci

John Rae's expeditions are connected to both Liverpool, England and Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Rae–Richardson Arctic Expedition departed from Liverpool in March 1848, while Rae took voyageur routes via Lake Winnipeg earlier in 1845.

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