Henry McKenney

For the Alberta politician, see: Henry William McKenney.

Henry McKenney (c. 1826 – 1886) was a merchant from Amherstburg, Upper Canada.

McKenney was a merchant in Amherstburg until that business became financially troubled. He, his wife and one son came west to Upper Fort Garry arriving in June 1859. He started the first hotel in what would shortly become Manitoba.

McKenney originally purchased the land upon which Portage and Main sits on 2 June 1862. He chose land where the north-south and east-west ox cart paths crossed, in order to build a general store with his half-brother John Christian Schultz.[1][2]

References
  • "Henry McKenney". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
  1. "Things you might not know about Portage and Main". CBC News. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  2. George F. Reynolds (2 June 2012). "The Man Who Created the Corner of Portage and Main". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 22 January 2014.


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