Everything about Fort Providence Northwest Territories totally explained
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Hamlet
| motto =
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| subdivision_type =
Country
| subdivision_name =
Canada
| subdivision_type1 =
Territory
| subdivision_name1 =
Northwest Territories
| subdivision_type2 =
Region
| subdivision_name2 =
Dehcho Region
| subdivision_type3 =
Constituency
| subdivision_name3 =
Deh Cho
| subdivision_type4 =
Census division
| subdivision_name4 =
Fort Smith Region, Northwest Territories
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Tina Gargan
| leader_title1 = Senior Administrative Officer
| leader_name1 = Susan Christie
| leader_title2 =
MLA
| leader_name2 = Michael McLeod
| established_title = Hamlet
| established_date =
1 January 1987
| area_land_km2 = 256.33
| elevation_m = 160
| latd= 61.354722
| longd= -117.66
| population_total = 727
| population_density_km2 = 2.8
| timezone = Mountain (MST)
| utc_offset = -7
| timezone_DST = MDT
| utc_offset_DST = -6
| postal_code_type =
Canadian Postal code
| postal_code =
X0E 0L0
| area_code =
867
| blank_name =
Telephone exchange
| blank_info = 699
| footnotes = Sources:Community Governance Data List,
2006 Canada Census,
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,
Fort Providence profile at the Legislative Assembly
Canada Flight Supplement
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Fort Providence (
Slavey language:
Zhahti Koe "mission house") is a
hamlet in the
Dehcho Region of the
Northwest Territories,
Canada. Located west of
Great Slave Lake, it has all-weather road connections by way of the
Yellowknife Highway (Great Slave Highway) branch off the
Mackenzie Highway, and plans are currently progressing to build a bridge near Fort Providence over the
Mackenzie, to replace the
ice bridge and ferry, enabling year-round crossing of the river.
Fort Providence is well known for hosting the annual
Mackenzie Daze celebrations in August each year.
The recorded population was 727 in the
2006 Census, the majority of which are
Dene. and the
Métis by
Fort Providence Métis Local 57. Both groups belong to the
Dehcho First Nations.
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