Mackenzie
Encyclopedia
People
- Mackenzie (surname)Mackenzie (surname)Mackenzie, MacKenzie, and McKenzie, are Scottish surnames. Originally pronounced in Scots, the z representing the old Middle Scots letter, yogh. The names are Anglicised forms of the Scottish Gaelic MacCoinnich, which is a patronymic form of the personal name Coinneach. The personal name means...
, surname origin, and a list of people with the surname.. - Mackenzie (given name)Mackenzie (given name)Mackenzie is a given name derived from a Scottish surname. In North America, the name is used for girls less often than boys.-Statistics:Mackenzie was the 64th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007. This spelling of the name was also among the top 1,000 most popular names...
, name origin, and a list of people with the name. - Clan MackenzieClan MacKenzieClan Mackenzie is a Highland Scottish clan, traditionally associated with Kintail and lands in Ross-shire.-Origins:The Mackenzies, a powerful clan of Celtic stock, were not among the clans that originated from Norman ancestry. Descendants of the long defunct royal Cenél Loairn of Dál Riata, they...
, a Scottish clan.
Fictional characters
- Barry McKenzieBarry McKenzieBarry "Bazza" McKenzie is a fictional character originally created by the Australian comedian Barry Humphries for a comic strip, written by Humphries and drawn by New Zealand artist Nicholas Garland, in the British satirical magazine Private Eye.-Background:The Private Eye comic strips were...
, an early creation of Barry Humphries - Bob and Doug McKenzieBob and Doug McKenzieBob and Doug McKenzie are a pair of fictional Canadian brothers who hosted "Great White North", a sketch which was introduced on SCTV for the show's third season when it moved to CBC Television in 1980. Bob is played by Rick Moranis and Doug is played by Dave Thomas...
from Second City Television - Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie from Veronica Mars
- Robert MacKenzie, from Andrea NewmanAndrea NewmanAndrea Newman is an English author.An only child, mainly brought up by her grandmother, she taught at a grammar school after graduating with a degree in English from London University...
's book and TV drama MacKenzie - Lt. Col. Sarah MacKenzieSarah MacKenzieLieutenant Colonel Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie, JAGC, USMC is one of the main characters in the JAG TV series.In her first appearance on the show and for several seasons, she holds the rank of Major USMC, but is then promoted to Lieutenant...
, USMC, from JAG - Mackenzie Allen from Commander in Chief (TV series)
- Mackenzie BrowningMackenzie BrowningMackenzie Hellstrom is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, introduced in 1999 as a part of the new teen scene and revealed to be the granddaughter of wealthy businesswoman Katherine Chancellor.-Casting:Ashley Bashioum, the actress that played the role for the...
from The Young and the Restless - Mackenzie CalhounMackenzie CalhounMackenzie Calhoun is a fictional character from the Star Trek universe. Created by Peter David, Calhoun is an extraterrestrial from the planet Xenex, and is captain of the Federation starship USS Excalibur....
from the Star Trek: New Frontier series - Mackenzie "Mack" Hartford, the Operation Overdrive Red Ranger
- James and Nell Mackenzie from the Canadian novel The Incredible JourneyThe Incredible JourneyThe Incredible Journey, by British author Sheila Burnford, is a children's book first published by Hodder & they travel 300 miles through the Canadian wilderness searching for their beloved masters. It reveals the suffering and stress of an arduous journey, together with the unwavering loyalty and...
, and the 1963 filmThe Incredible Journey (film)The Incredible Journey is a 1963 live-action Walt Disney film based on the novel, The Incredible Journey, by Sheila Burnford. Narrated by Rex Allen, the film follows the adventure of three pets, Luath the Labrador Retriever, Bodger the Bull Terrier, and Tao the Siamese cat, as they journey 250... - Mackenzie Hollister from Dork DiariesDork DiariesDork Diaries is a humorous book series written and illustrated by Rachel Renee Russell.These books are the personal diary of 14-year old Nikki Maxwell...
- Mackenzie from Touch DetectiveTouch Detectiveor Mystery Detective in Europe is a point-and-click mystery adventure game for the Nintendo DS which makes use of the device's touch screen. It was developed by BeeWorks and released in Japan by Success Corporation. It was developed and released in the United States by Atlus, and in Europe by 505...
Dogs
- Mackenzie River HuskyMackenzie River HuskyThe term Mackenzie River Husky describes several overlapping local populations of arctic and subarctic sleddog type dogs, none of which constitutes a breed. Most prominent and current of these are the sleddogs of Donna Dowling and others in the interior of Alaska. These dogs are described as...
, bred for pulling freight in the Arctic - Spuds MackenzieSpuds MacKenzieSpuds MacKenzie was a fictional dog character created for use in an advertising campaign marketing Bud Light beer in the late 1980s. The dog first showed up in a Bud Light Super Bowl XXI ad in 1987...
, Budwiser mascott
Cities, towns and roads
Australia- Mackenzie, QueenslandMackenzie, QueenslandMackenzie is a small suburb located in the south-east of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. This is an "out-back" suburb containing no large or small shopping centres. The area is partially covered by undeveloped bushland. Mount Petrie is located in Mackenzie....
, a suburb of Brisbane
Canada
- Mackenzie, British ColumbiaMackenzie, British ColumbiaMackenzie is a District Municipality within the Fraser-Fort George Regional District in central British Columbia, Canada. The settlement is located at the south end of Williston Lake. The townsite, established by Alexandra Forest Industries, was named for Sir Alexander MacKenzie . Mackenzie's two...
, near Williston Lake in east central B.C. - Mackenzie, Ontario, on Thunder BayThunder Bay (Ontario)Thunder Bay is a large bay on the north shore of Lake Superior. The bay is about 50 km long and 22 km wide. It is bordered to the east by the Sibley Peninsula at the southern tip of which is Thunder Cape, marking the entrance to the bay for ships approaching from the east...
in west central Ontario - The Mackenzie HighwayMackenzie HighwayThe Mackenzie Highway is a Canadian highway in northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories. It begins as Alberta Highway 2 at Mile Zero in Grimshaw, Alberta...
in Alberta - Mackenzie County, Alberta, a specialized municipality in northwestern Alberta
- McKenzie Lake, Calgary, neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta
- McKenzie Towne, Calgary, neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta
United States
- Mackenzie, MissouriMackenzie, MissouriMackenzie is a village in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 134 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Mackenzie is located at ....
, suburb of St. Louis - McKenzie, AlabamaMcKenzie, AlabamaMcKenzie is a town in Butler and Conecuh counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. The population was 644 at the 2000 census.-Geography:McKenzie is located at ....
- McKenzie, MarylandMcKenzie, MarylandMcKenzie is an unincorporated community in Allegany County, Maryland, containing only a few houses, and mostly land. Its name is derived from a family which owned a large farm along the river bottom in the area. It is directly across from the Allegany Ballistics Laboratory in Rocket Center, West...
- McKenzie, TennesseeMcKenzie, TennesseeMcKenzie is a city at the tripoint of Carroll, Henry, and Weakley counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The population was 5,310 at the 2010 census.It is home to Bethel University and the Tennessee Technology Center at McKenzie.-Geography:...
- McKenzie County, North DakotaMcKenzie County, North Dakota-Major highways:* U.S. Highway 85* North Dakota Highway 22* North Dakota Highway 23* North Dakota Highway 58* North Dakota Highway 68* North Dakota Highway 73* North Dakota Highway 200* North Dakota Highway 1806-National protected areas:...
- Point MacKenzie, AlaskaPoint MacKenzie, AlaskaPoint MacKenzie is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2000 census the population was 111...
, a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Bodies of water
- MacKenzie BayMacKenzie BayMacKenzie Bay is a relatively small embayment of the western extremity of the Amery Ice Shelf, about 20 miles northeast of Foley Promontory. On February 10, 1931, the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition sighted a much larger embayment here and made an airplane flight to...
, Antarctica - Mackenzie Bay (Yukon), Northwest Territories/Yukon, Canada (in Beaufort Sea)
- Mackenzie River Delta Northwest Territories, Canada
- Mackenzie-Peace, Source of the (lake) British ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada - Mackenzie RiverMackenzie RiverThe Mackenzie River is the largest river system in Canada. It flows through a vast, isolated region of forest and tundra entirely within the country's Northwest Territories, although its many tributaries reach into four other Canadian provinces and territories...
, Northwest Territories, Canada (longest river in Canada) - Mackenzie River (Queensland)Mackenzie River (Queensland)The Mackenzie River is a seasonal tributary of the Fitzroy River in Queensland, Australia. It is created by the intersection of the Comet and Nogoa rivers flowing from the Expedition Range in Central Queensland....
, east central Queensland, Australia (flows through Comet, Queensland) - Mackenzie River, New ZealandMackenzie River, New ZealandThe Mackenzie River is a river in the South Island of New Zealand.It is in the Mackenzie Basin of the Canterbury region. The river feeds into the Grays River which in turn feeds into the Tekapo River....
in the South Island of New Zealand - McKenzie RiverMcKenzie RiverThe McKenzie River is a tributary of the Willamette River in western Oregon in the United States. It drains part of the Cascade Range east of Eugene and flows into the southernmost end of the Willamette Valley. It is named for Donald MacKenzie, a Scottish Canadian fur trader...
, Oregon, United States
Bodies of land
- Mackenzie BasinMackenzie BasinThe Mackenzie Basin , is an elliptical intermontane basin, located in the Mackenzie and Waitaki Districts, near the centre of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the largest such basin in New Zealand...
, central South Island of New Zealand - Mackenzie Beach, Larnaca, CyprusCyprusCyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
- Mackenzie King IslandMackenzie King IslandMackenzie King Island is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in northern Canada. It lies north of Melville Island and south of Borden Island, and like them is divided. Most of the island is in Northwest Territories, while its easternmost portion lies in Nunavut...
, Queen Elizabeth IslandsQueen Elizabeth IslandsThe Queen Elizabeth Islands are the northernmost cluster of islands in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, split between Nunavut and Northwest Territories in Northern Canada.-Geography:...
, Northwest Territories/Nunavut, Canada (named for the Mackenzie King families of William Lyon Mackenzie King) - Mackenzie Island (Scotland)
- Mackenzie Island (Western Australia)
- Mackenzie MountainsMackenzie MountainsThe Mackenzie Mountains are a mountain range forming part of the Yukon-Northwest Territories boundary between the Liard and Peel rivers. The range is named in honour of Canada's second Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie. Nahanni National Park Reserve is in the Mackenzie Mountains.The Mackenzie...
, southeast Northwest Territories, Canada - Mackenzie PeninsulaMackenzie PeninsulaMackenzie Peninsula is a steep, rocky peninsula forming the west end of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. First seen and roughly charted by Captain George Powell and Captain Nathaniel Palmer in 1821. Surveyed in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under William S. Bruce,...
, South Orkney Islands - Mackenzie Trough, Beaufort Sea
Geo-Political
- MacKenzie DistrictMackenzie DistrictMackenzie District is a political district in New Zealand's South Island. It is part of the larger Canterbury Region.-Principal settlements:*Fairlie*Twizel*Cave*Mount Cook Village*Albury*TekapoAlso*Burkes Pass-Geography:See Mackenzie Basin,...
, political district South Island of New Zealand - District of MackenzieDistrict of MackenzieThe District of Mackenzie was a regional administrative district of Canada's Northwest Territories. The district consisted of the portion of the Northwest Territories directly north of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan on Canada's mainland....
, a former Canadian administrative district - Mackenzie (electoral district)Mackenzie (electoral district)Mackenzie was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1997.This riding was created in 1903, when Saskatchewan was still a part of the Northwest Territories...
, a former Canadian federal electoral district in Saskatchewan - Powell River-Sunshine CoastPowell River-Sunshine CoastPowell River-Sunshine Coast is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.- Demographics :- Member of Legislative Assembly :...
, a Canadian provincial electoral district in British ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
called "Mackenzie" from 1924-1991. - Mackenzie Valley Pipeline InquiryMackenzie Valley Pipeline InquiryThe Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry was commissioned by the Government of Canada on March 21, 1974 to investigate the social, environmental, and economic impact of a proposed gas pipeline that would run through the Yukon and the Mackenzie River Valley of the Northwest Territories...
, oil pipeline impact inquiry committee
Schools
- Mackenzie High School (Guyana), a secondary school in Linden, Guyana
- Mackenzie High School (Michigan)Mackenzie High School (Michigan)Mackenzie High School was a public secondary education facility in Detroit, Michigan.-The early years: 1928–1940s :Located on Detroit's west side, David Mackenzie High School was named to honor the innovative educator who had served as principal of Central High School, and as first dean of the...
, a defunct secondary school in Detroit, Michigan, USA - McKenzie College (Nova Scotia), a vocational college in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
- McKenzie College (Tennessee)McKenzie College (Tennessee)McKenzie College was a college in Chattanooga, Tennessee founded in the 1940s and closed in 1992....
, a defunct college in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA - McKenzie College (Texas)McKenzie College (Texas)McKenzie College, also called McKenzie's College, was a private college located on the plantation of Reverend John W. P. McKenzie in Clarksville, Texas, USA. Starting in 1841, the school grew from 16 students educated in a log cabin to over 300 students occupying four large buildings in 1854...
, a defunct college in Clarksville, Texas, USA - McKenzie High SchoolMcKenzie High SchoolMcKenzie High School is a public high school in Finn Rock, Oregon, United States.-Academics:In 2008, 92% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma. Of 26 students, 24 graduated, 1 dropped out, and 1 received a modified diploma....
, a public secondary school in Finn Rock, Oregon, USA - McTyeire CollegeMcTyeire CollegeMcTyeire College was a Methodist college in McKenzie, Tennessee founded in 1858 and chartered in 1860.-History:The college originally opened in the community of Caledonia in Henry County, Tennessee as Caledonia College. Caledonia closed when students left to fight in the American Civil War and the...
, formerly McKenzie College, a defunct college in McKenzie, Tennessee, USA - Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, a private university in São Paulo, Brazil
- William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate InstituteWilliam Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate InstituteWilliam Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute is a semestered secondary school located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 20 Tillplain Road. It was built in 1960 to accommodate the skyrocketing number of new students in what was then known as North York, and to ease overcrowding at Northview Collegiate...
, a public secondary school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ships
- Ships of U.S. Navy named USS MacKenzieUSS MacKenzieUSS MacKenzie may refer to:, was the lead ship of MacKenzie class torpedo boats, commissioned in 1899 and struck in 1916, was a Wickes-class destroyer commissioned in 1919, She was decommissioned and turned over to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1940 and recommissioned HMCS Annapolis...
- USS MacKenzie (TB-17)USS MacKenzie (TB-17)The first USS MacKenzie , was laid down by Charles Hillman Ship & Engine Building Company, Philadelphia, Pa., 15 April 1897; launched 19 February 1898; sponsored by Master Charles Hillman; and commissioned 1 May 1899, Lt. L. H. Chandler in command.Departing League Island 28 May 1899, MacKenzie...
, 1899-1916, MacKenzie-class torpedo boat - USS MacKenzie (DD-175)USS MacKenzie (DD-175)USS MacKenzie was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I, later transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Annapolis .- History :...
, 1919-1940, Wickes-class destroyer - USS MacKenzie (DD-614)USS MacKenzie (DD-614)USS MacKenzie was a in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the third ship named for Lieutenant Commander Alexander Slidell MacKenzie....
, 1942-1971, Benson-class destroyer
- USS MacKenzie (TB-17)
Legal
- Baker & McKenzieBaker & McKenzieBaker & McKenzie is an international law firm, founded in Chicago in 1949 by Russell Baker and John McKenzie. It is home to more than 3,800 lawyers spread over 70 offices in 42 different countries....
, law firm based in the US - McKenzie FriendMcKenzie FriendA McKenzie friend assists a litigant in person in a common law court. This person does not need to be legally qualified. The crucial point is that litigants in person are entitled to have assistance, lay or professional, unless there are exceptional circumstances.Their role was set out most...
, a British legal term