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David Thompson was a Canadian explorer. He lived from 1770 -1857. He was the first European to navigate the full length of the Columbia River. Over his lifetime, he traveled over 90,000 miles of North America, creating accurate maps of almost 1.5 million square miles. He was employed by the Hudson Bay Company and Northwest Company to survey, map and trade furs.

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