Fort Chipewyan, Alberta

E440133

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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Fort Chipewyan 3
Fort Chipewyan, Alberta canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf community ⓘ
hamlet ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
ethnicGroup Chipewyan (Dene) people ⓘ
linked to: Chipewyan people

Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Cree peoples

Métis people ⓘ
linked to: Métis

non-Indigenous residents ⓘ
foundedAs fur trading post ⓘ
foundedBy North West Company ⓘ
governedBy Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Council ⓘ
hasAreaCode 587 ⓘ
780 ⓘ
825 ⓘ
hasClimate subarctic climate ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution local K–12 school ⓘ
hasHealthFacility community health centre ⓘ
hasIndigenousCommunity Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation ⓘ
Fort Chipewyan Métis Local ⓘ
Mikisew Cree First Nation ⓘ
hasLanguage Cree ⓘ
Dene ⓘ
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 ⓘ
isOneOf oldest European settlements in Alberta ⓘ
isRemoteCommunity true ⓘ
isRoadAccessibleYearRound false ⓘ
locatedIn Alberta ⓘ
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo ⓘ
locatedInRegion Athabasca oil sands region ⓘ
linked to: Athabasca oil sands

Northern Alberta ⓘ
linked to: northern Alberta
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Peace–Athabasca Delta ⓘ
Slave River delta ⓘ
linked to: Slave River

Wood Buffalo National Park ⓘ
locatedOn Lake Athabasca ⓘ
northwestern shore of Lake Athabasca ⓘ
namedAfter Chipewyan people ⓘ
servedBy Fort Chipewyan Airport ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

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