Fort Chipewyan, Alberta

E440133

Fort Chipewyan, Alberta is a remote northern community on the shores of Lake Athabasca, known as one of Alberta’s oldest European settlements and a key access point to Wood Buffalo National Park.

All labels observed (2)

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Fort Chipewyan 3
Fort Chipewyan, Alberta canonical 2

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf community
hamlet
settlement
country Canada
ethnicGroup Chipewyan (Dene) people
linked to: Chipewyan people

Cree people
linked to: Cree peoples

Métis people
linked to: Métis

non-Indigenous residents
foundedAs fur trading post
foundedBy North West Company
governedBy Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Council
hasAreaCode 587
780
825
hasClimate subarctic climate
hasEducationalInstitution local K–12 school
hasHealthFacility community health centre
hasIndigenousCommunity Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation
Fort Chipewyan Métis Local
Mikisew Cree First Nation
hasLanguage Cree
Dene
English
hasPostalCodePrefix T0P
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity fishing
government services
tourism
traditional hunting and trapping
hasReligiousBuilding Anglican church
Roman Catholic church
hasTransportationMode air transport
water transport
winter road
hasUTCOffset UTC−07:00
hasUTCOffsetDST UTC−06:00
isAccessPointTo Wood Buffalo National Park
isOneOf oldest European settlements in Alberta
isRemoteCommunity true
isRoadAccessibleYearRound false
locatedIn Alberta
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
locatedInRegion Athabasca oil sands region
linked to: Athabasca oil sands

Northern Alberta
linked to: northern Alberta
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone
locatedNear Peace–Athabasca Delta
Slave River delta
linked to: Slave River

Wood Buffalo National Park
locatedOn Lake Athabasca
northwestern shore of Lake Athabasca
namedAfter Chipewyan people
servedBy Fort Chipewyan Airport

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wood Buffalo National Park nearestTown Fort Chipewyan, Alberta
Lake Athabasca near Fort Chipewyan, Alberta
Northern Alberta contains Fort Chipewyan
subject linked to: northern Alberta
linked to: Fort Chipewyan, Alberta
first overland expedition to the Arctic Ocean (1819–1822) routeIncluded Fort Chipewyan
linked to: Fort Chipewyan, Alberta
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo contains Fort Chipewyan
linked to: Fort Chipewyan, Alberta