Fort Resolution

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Fort Resolution is a small, predominantly Indigenous community in Canada's Northwest Territories, known as one of the oldest settlements in the region and a historic trading post on the shores of Great Slave Lake.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Fort Resolution canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf community ⓘ
hamlet ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
accessRoute Highway 6 (Fort Resolution Highway) ⓘ
climate subarctic climate ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalFeature strong Dene and Métis cultural traditions ⓘ
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
government services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
educationFacility local community school ⓘ
elevation approximately 160 metres above sea level ⓘ
governingBody Hamlet of Fort Resolution Council ⓘ
hasAirport Fort Resolution Airport ⓘ
hasAreaCode 867 ⓘ
hasLatitude approximately 61.18°N ⓘ
hasLongitude approximately 113.67°W ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix X0E ⓘ
hasSettlementType hamlet in the Northwest Territories ⓘ
healthcareFacility community health centre ⓘ
historicalRole Hudson’s Bay Company post ⓘ
fur trading post ⓘ
historicalSignificance early contact point between Indigenous peoples and European traders ⓘ
longstanding Hudson’s Bay Company presence ⓘ
indigenousPeoples Dene ⓘ
Métis ⓘ
isOneOf oldest settlements in the Northwest Territories ⓘ
locatedIn Northwest Territories ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory South Slave Region ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn Great Slave Lake ⓘ
locatedOnWaterBody Slave River delta region ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody Little Buffalo River ⓘ
partOf South Slave administrative region of Northwest Territories ⓘ
linked to: South Slave Region
populationCharacteristic predominantly Indigenous ⓘ
primaryLanguages Chipewyan (Dene Suline) ⓘ
English ⓘ
Slavey ⓘ
recreation boating on Great Slave Lake ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
ice fishing ⓘ
regionalCentreFor surrounding Indigenous communities on Great Slave Lake ⓘ
regionType South Slave Region community ⓘ
linked to: South Slave Region
transportInfrastructure all-weather road connection to territorial highway network ⓘ
gravel airstrip ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Great Slave Lake → cityOnShore → Fort Resolution ⓘ
South Slave Region → containsSettlement → Fort Resolution ⓘ