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275 Search for the Western Sea says that the Finlay mentioned by Mackenzie as being in charge of the fort on Peace River where he passed the three days, October 20–23, 1792, was the "John Finlay who explored the river which bears his name to its source in 1824," but does not cite an authority for his identification of the Mr. Finlay. As the river had been called Finlay's River for about twenty-seven years, ever since James Finlay had been there in 1797, it would be interesting to know if James and John were the same Finlay, and if so, why the name was changed.