Fort Chipewyan, Alberta

E440133
community hamlet settlement

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.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Fort Chipewyan 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf community ⓘ
hamlet ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
ethnicGroup Chipewyan (Dene) people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cree people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Métis people NERFINISHED ⓘ
non-Indigenous residents ⓘ
foundedAs fur trading post ⓘ
foundedBy North West Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAreaCode 587 ⓘ
780 ⓘ
825 ⓘ
hasClimate subarctic climate ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution local K–12 school ⓘ
hasHealthFacility community health centre ⓘ
hasIndigenousCommunity Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fort Chipewyan Métis Local NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mikisew Cree First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguage Cree NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dene NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
isOneOf oldest European settlements in Alberta ⓘ
isRemoteCommunity true ⓘ
isRoadAccessibleYearRound false ⓘ
locatedIn Alberta ⓘ
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion Athabasca oil sands region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Alberta NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Peace–Athabasca Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Slave River delta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wood Buffalo National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Lake Athabasca NERFINISHED ⓘ
northwestern shore of Lake Athabasca ⓘ
namedAfter Chipewyan people NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedBy Fort Chipewyan Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

northern Alberta → contains → Fort Chipewyan, Alberta ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Alberta
this entity surface form: Fort Chipewyan
Lake Athabasca → near → Fort Chipewyan, Alberta ⓘ
Wood Buffalo National Park → nearestTown → Fort Chipewyan, Alberta ⓘ
first overland expedition to the Arctic Ocean (1819–1822) → routeIncluded → Fort Chipewyan, Alberta ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort Chipewyan