Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada

E43836

municipality town

Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada is a small historic town in southern Alberta known for its early North-West Mounted Police fort and as the birthplace of singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Fort Macleod	13
Fort Macleod, Alberta	2
Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada canonical	2
Fort Macleod National Historic Site	1
Town of Fort Macleod Council	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T342025 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada
Context triple: [Joni Mitchell, placeOfBirth, Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada]

A. Cardston, Alberta, Canada
Cardston, Alberta, Canada is a small town in southern Alberta known for its historic Latter-day Saint temple and as the birthplace of actress Fay Wray.
B. Fort William
Fort William is a major town in the western Scottish Highlands, known as a gateway to Ben Nevis and a popular center for outdoor activities and tourism.
C. Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Happy Valley-Goose Bay is a town in central Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, known for its strategic air force base and role as a regional transportation and service hub.
D. Camp Valcartier
Camp Valcartier is a major Canadian military training base in Quebec that historically served as a key assembly and training site for troops, including during the First World War.
E. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba, known as a major cultural and economic center in central Canada.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada
Target entity description: Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada is a small historic town in southern Alberta known for its early North-West Mounted Police fort and as the birthplace of singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell.

A. Cardston, Alberta, Canada
Cardston, Alberta, Canada is a small town in southern Alberta known for its historic Latter-day Saint temple and as the birthplace of actress Fay Wray.
B. Fort William
Fort William is a major town in the western Scottish Highlands, known as a gateway to Ben Nevis and a popular center for outdoor activities and tourism.
C. Happy Valley-Goose Bay
Happy Valley-Goose Bay is a town in central Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, known for its strategic air force base and role as a regional transportation and service hub.
D. Camp Valcartier
Camp Valcartier is a major Canadian military training base in Quebec that historically served as a key assembly and training site for troops, including during the First World War.
E. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba, known as a major cultural and economic center in central Canada.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality ⓘ town ⓘ
birthPlaceOf	Joni Mitchell ⓘ
censusDivision	Division No. 3, Alberta ⓘ
climate	semi-arid climate ⓘ
climateClassification	Köppen BSk ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
countrySubdivision	Alberta ⓘ
feature	strong Chinook winds in winter ⓘ
governingBody	Town of Fort Macleod Council ⓘ linked to: Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada
hasAreaCode	403 ⓘ 587 ⓘ 825 ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation	Canadian folk and popular music history via Joni Mitchell ⓘ North-West Mounted Police history ⓘ
hasHeritage	historic town centre ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	early North-West Mounted Police presence in western Canada ⓘ
hasHistoricSite	Fort Macleod National Historic Site ⓘ linked to: Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada North-West Mounted Police fort museum ⓘ
hasNearbyAirport	Fort Macleod Airport ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix	T0L ⓘ
heritageDesignation	historic downtown as a provincial historic area ⓘ
knownFor	birthplace of Joni Mitchell ⓘ early North-West Mounted Police fort ⓘ well-preserved historic main street ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Canada ⓘ southern Alberta ⓘ
locatedOn	Oldman River ⓘ
namedAfter	North-West Mounted Police fort at Fort Macleod ⓘ
near	Lethbridge ⓘ Pincher Creek ⓘ Waterton Lakes National Park ⓘ
partOf	Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivities	agriculture ⓘ ranching ⓘ tourism ⓘ
province	Alberta ⓘ
region	southern Alberta prairies ⓘ
timeZone	Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Mountain Daylight Time ⓘ
transport	Highway 2 ⓘ Highway 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Highway 811 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Referenced by (19)

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

Joni Mitchell → placeOfBirth → Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada ⓘ

Fort Macleod → hasHistoricSite → Fort Macleod National Historic Site ⓘ

subject linked to: Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada