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Fort Providence
Zhahti Koe or Zhahti Kue
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Fort Providence from the Mackenzie River
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 Fort Providence
Location in Northwest Territories
Fort Providence
Location in Canada
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| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Northwest Territories |
| Region | South Slave Region |
| Constituency | Deh Cho |
| Census division | Region 4 |
| Hamlet | 1 January 1987 |
| Area | |
| • Land | 255.05 km2 (98.48 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 160 m (520 ft) |
| Population
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| • Total | 695 |
| • Density | 2.7/km2 (7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| Canadian Postal code |
X0E 0L0
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| Area code(s) | 867 |
| Telephone exchange | 699 |
| - Living cost | 137.5 |
| - Food price index | 134.7 |
| Sources: Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Canada Flight Supplement 2013 figure based on Edmonton = 100 2015 figure based on Yellowknife = 100 |
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Fort Providence (Slavey language: Zhahti Koe or Zhahti Kue "mission house") is a hamlet in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Located west of Great Slave Lake, it has all-weather road connections by way of the Yellowknife Highway (Great Slave Highway) branch off the Mackenzie Highway, and the Deh Cho Bridge opened November 30, 2012 near Fort Providence over the Mackenzie. The bridge replaces the ice bridge and ferry, enabling year-round crossing of the river.
Fort Providence is well known for hosting the annual Mackenzie Days celebrations in August each year.
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History
Fort Providence was founded in the 1860s as a Catholic mission site. By 1868, the Hudson's Bay Company, which previously has a trading post at Big Island at the source of the MacKenzie River, moved the post to the location of the mission site. From that moment, the settlement was known as Fort Providence. In 1867, the Grey Nuns opened a boarding school and an orphanage in the settlement. Instruction languages were English and French, and most of the nuns originated from Quebec.
Demographics
The recorded population was 695 in the 2016 Census, a decrease of 5.3% from 2011. Of these the majority, 620, were Indigenous people, made up of 590 First Nations, Dene people, and 30 Métis. In 2017 the Government of the Northwest Territories reported that the population was 770 with an average yearly growth rate of 0.3% from 2007.
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First Nations
The Dene of the community are represented by the Deh Gáh Got'ı̨ę First Nation and the Métis by Fort Providence Métis Nation. Both groups belong to the Dehcho First Nations.
Gallery
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Fort Providence Health Centre
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Our Lady of Providence RC Mission in Fort Providence
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Providence Mission Indian Residential School showing new Roman Catholic Mission on the left, circa 1930
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Fort Providence Deh Cho Land Use Planning Committee & Dene Fur Clouds sign
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The Merv Hardie ferry in use before the bridge was opened.
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The Deh Cho Bridge
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Climate
Fort Providence has a continental subarctic climate (Dfc) typical of the Northwest Territories' populated areas. It is marked by a long cold winter season and short, warm summers, that in many ways are warmer than expected for an area so far north. Transition seasons are extremely short, with temperatures rising and falling quickly in respective seasons.
| Climate data for Fort Providence, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1943–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 7.0 (44.6) |
9.9 (49.8) |
16.5 (61.7) |
24.0 (75.2) |
31.3 (88.3) |
34.4 (93.9) |
35.2 (95.4) |
36.1 (97.0) |
30.3 (86.5) |
24.4 (75.9) |
12.8 (55.0) |
11.8 (53.2) |
36.1 (97.0) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −18.9 (−2.0) |
−12.9 (8.8) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
5.8 (42.4) |
12.8 (55.0) |
20.9 (69.6) |
23.5 (74.3) |
20.4 (68.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
3.2 (37.8) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
−15.1 (4.8) |
3.3 (37.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −23.4 (−10.1) |
−18.7 (−1.7) |
−13.6 (7.5) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
6.3 (43.3) |
13.5 (56.3) |
16.9 (62.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
7.9 (46.2) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−19.2 (−2.6) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −27.8 (−18.0) |
−24.3 (−11.7) |
−20.9 (−5.6) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
6.0 (42.8) |
10.1 (50.2) |
7.6 (45.7) |
2.4 (36.3) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−15.2 (4.6) |
−23.1 (−9.6) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −49.4 (−56.9) |
−50.0 (−58.0) |
−45.0 (−49.0) |
−41.1 (−42.0) |
−22.2 (−8.0) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−14.4 (6.1) |
−27.3 (−17.1) |
−44.4 (−47.9) |
−49.4 (−56.9) |
−50.0 (−58.0) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 74.9 | 67.6 | 53.1 | 44.4 | 41.8 | 41.7 | 47.1 | 51.4 | 57.6 | 71.3 | 84.0 | 80.2 | 59.6 |
| Source: Environment Canada | |||||||||||||
See also
In Spanish: Fort Providence para niños
