Azizi,
Pass on my regards if you see them. I met them on their last tour to Scotland.

By the way, can any Canadians illuminate the lyrical references in Stan Roger's Song North West Passage?

I know that Franklin refers to the English Explorer who died trying to find the North West Passage. But what is 'In the footsteps of Great Kelso, where his sea of flowers began' all about?

And in the next verse we have
'I think upon MacKenzie, David Thompson, and the rest, who crcked the mountain ramparts and did show a path for me, to race the roaring Fraser to the sea'

I think I know about MacKenzie, but who was David Thompson? Am I right in thinking the sea they were reaching was the Pacific somewhere near where Vancouver is now?

I love singing the song but it would be good to be better informed!