Fort Vermilion

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Fort Vermilion is a historic northern Alberta community in Canada, known as one of the province’s oldest continuously inhabited settlements along the Peace River.

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Fort Vermilion canonical 1
Fort Vermilion Heritage Centre 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hamlet
settlement
unincorporated community
areaCode 587
780
825
climate subarctic climate
coordinateLocation 58.408°N 116.024°W
country Canada
elevationAboveSeaLevel 255 metres
foundedAs fur trading post
foundedBy Charles Boyer
Charles Chaboillez
North West Company
governingBody Mackenzie County Council
hasEducationalInstitution Fort Vermilion Public School
hasHealthCareFacility St. Theresa General Hospital
hasHeritageDesignation historic community
hasHistoricCemetery St. Henry’s Mission Cemetery
hasHistoricSite Old Bay House
hasMuseum Fort Vermilion Heritage Centre
linked to: Fort Vermilion
hasPostalCode T0H 1N0
historicalFunction fur trade centre
transportation hub on the Peace River
inception circa 1788
localGovernmentType hamlet within specialized municipality
locatedIn Alberta
boreal forest
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Mackenzie County
locatedInIndigenousTerritory Treaty 8 territory
locatedInRegion Northern Alberta
linked to: northern Alberta
locatedOnRiver Peace River
nearbyIndigenousCommunity Dene Thaʼ First Nation
Tallcree First Nation
nearestMajorCentre High Level, Alberta
oneOfOldestSettlementsIn Alberta
partOf Peace River Country
populationCensusYear 2021
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture
forestry
oil and gas services
riverTransportationHistorically steamboats on the Peace River
roadAccessVia Alberta Highway 58
Alberta Highway 88
servedBy Fort Vermilion Airport
timeZone Mountain Time Zone
UTCOffset −07:00
UTCOffsetDST −06:00

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Peace River majorSettlementOn Fort Vermilion
Fort Vermilion hasMuseum Fort Vermilion Heritage Centre
linked to: Fort Vermilion