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Hamlet / designated place in Alberta, Canada
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Fort Chipewyan is a hamlet on the western shores of Lake Athabasca 250 km north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. It had a population of 798 in 2021.
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A replica of the Hudson's Bay Store created by the Fort Chipewyan Historical Society to commemorate the post's 1988 bicentennial.
Small ecological reserve established on Lake Athabasca to protect a major breeding colony of Caspian terns, a vulnerable species.
The site of the first Fort Chipewyan established in 1788 by Roderick Mackenzie, southeast of Fort Chipewyan. It is designated a National Historic Site of Canada. Historic places in the community include the site of the third Fort Chipewyan established in 1803, the Anglican Church built in 1880 and Day School built in 1874, and the Roman Catholic Mission Church built in 1909.
Late February; jigging, trap-setting, snowmobile racing, and moose calling.
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Come and marvel at the prices in this grocery store -- $10 for four tomatoes, seedless grapes for $13 -- and see why high food prices are an issue in northern communities.
By car
Travel overland to Fort Chipewyan is possible only via seasonal ice roads which cross a pair of frozen rivers in winter.
By boat
It is possible to reach Fort Chipewyan from Fort McKay in summer by boating the Athabasca River; the Slave River leads from Fort Chipewyan to Wood Buffalo National Park and Fort Smith, NWT.
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