Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories
| Fort McPherson Teet'lit Zheh |
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 Fort McPherson
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| Coordinates: 67°26′07″N 134°52′55″W / 67.43528°N 134.88194°WCoordinates: 67°26′07″N 134°52′55″W / 67.43528°N 134.88194°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Territory |  Northwest Territories |
| Region | Inuvik Region |
| Constituency | Mackenzie Delta |
| Census division | Region 1 |
| Hamlet | 1 November 1986 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hazel Nerysoo |
| • Senior Administrative Officer | James Wilson |
| • MLA | David Krutko |
| Area | |
| • Land | 53.06 km2 (20.49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 43 m (141 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 776 |
| • Density | 14.6/km2 (38/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC−7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−6) |
| Canadian Postal code | X0E 0J0 |
| Area code(s) | 867 |
| Telephone exchange | 952 |
| Prices | |
| - Living cost | 152.5A |
| - Food price index | 163.1B |
| Website | www.fortmcpherson.ca |
| Sources:Community Governance Data List,[1] 2006 Canada Census,[2] Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,[3] Fort McPherson profile at the Legislative Assembly[4] Canada Flight Supplement[5] ^A 2005 figure based on Edmonton = 100[6] ^B 2004 figure based on Yellowknife = 100[6] |
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Fort McPherson (Gwich’in language: Teet'lit Zheh {at the head of the waters}) is a hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is located on the east bank of the Peel River and is 121 km (75 mi) south of Inuvik on the Dempster Highway.
Population is 776 according to the 2006 Census,[2] a slight increase over the 2001 Census count of 761. In 2009 the Government of the Northwest Territories reported that the population was 791 with an average yearly growth rate of -1.1 from 1996.[6] In the 2006 Census 715 people identified as aboriginal, 650 as North American Indian, 30 as Métis, 30 as Inuit or Inuvialuit, 10 giving multiple or other aboriginal responses and 55 Non-Aboriginal.[7]
The two principal languages spoken are Gwich'in and English. Fort McPherson is accessible by road all year from Dawson City and Whitehorse, Yukon, with the exception of spring break-up and fall freeze-up on the Peel River. The community also has access to Inuvik via the Dempster Highway and crosses the Mackenzie River at Tsiigehtchic.
Originally the site of a Hudson's Bay Company post the community was named for "Murdoch McPherson".
The Gwich’in people of Fort McPherson are very welcoming of strangers and go out of their way to make them welcome. Most people have vehicles and regularly make trips to either Inuvik, or Whitehorse.
| Historical populations | |||
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| Year | Pop. | %± | |
| 1996 | 915 |
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| 1997 | 887 | -3.1% | |
| 1998 | 861 | -2.9% | |
| 1999 | 861 | 0.0% | |
| 2000 | 828 | -3.8% | |
| 2001 | 831 | 0.4% | |
| 2002 | 807 | -2.9% | |
| 2003 | 816 | 1.1% | |
| 2004 | 808 | -1.0% | |
| 2005 | 812 | 0.5% | |
| 2006 | 807 | -0.6% | |
| 2007 | 812 | 0.6% | |
| 2008 | 813 | 0.1% | |
| 2009 | 791 | -2.7% | |
| Sources: NWT Bureau of Statistics[6] | |||
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[edit] Climate
| Climate data for Fort McPherson | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −25 (−13) |
−23 (−9) |
−16 (3) |
−5 (23) |
6 (42) |
17 (62) |
20 (68) |
16 (60) |
7 (44) |
−4 (24) |
−17 (1) |
−14 (7) |
−3.3 (26.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −34 (−29) |
−32 (−25) |
−27 (−16) |
−18 (0) |
−4 (24) |
5 (41) |
9 (48) |
6 (42) |
0 (32) |
−10 (14) |
−25 (−13) |
−30 (−22) |
−13.3 (8.0) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 18 (0.7) |
18 (0.7) |
20 (0.8) |
20 (0.8) |
13 (0.5) |
25 (1) |
28 (1.1) |
41 (1.6) |
30 (1.2) |
38 (1.5) |
28 (1.1) |
18 (0.7) |
297 (11.7) |
| Source: Weatherbase [8] | |||||||||||||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Community Governance Data List
- ^ a b 2006 Census
- ^ Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre - official names
- ^ Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Fort McPherson profile
- ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 December 2011 to 0901Z 9 February 2012
- ^ a b c d Fort McPherson - Statistical Profile at the GNWT
- ^ Fort McPherson Aboriginal profile
- ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories". Weatherbase. 2011. http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=719572&refer=wikipedia. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
[edit] Further reading
- Carefoot, E. I., and N. A. Lawrence. Utility Study Settlement of Ft. McPherson for Department of Public Works, Government of the Northwest Territories. Edmonton: Associated Engineering Services, 1972.
- Gallupe, Scott. Husky Lake, Fort McPherson Area Historic Hydrocarbon Exploration Investigation June 29, 1992. Inuvik, NT: Northern Affairs Program, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 1992.
- Kakfwi, Stephen. Literacy Program Funding, Fort McPherson. Yellowknife?, N.W.T.: Northwest Territories, Executive Council, 1991.
- Manitoba Free Press. Pemmican Made at Fort McPherson, a Hudson's Bay Company's Post Sixty-Five Miles Within the Arctic Circle and Two Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventy-Eight Miles Northwest of Winnipeg A Christmas Present from the Manitoba Free Press. Winnipeg: [s.n.], 1902. ISBN 0665783248
- Northern Engineering Services Company, and Canadian Arctic Gas Study Limited. Report on All-Weather Road from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Fort McPherson, N.W.T. [Canada?]: Northern Engineering Services, 1972.
- Northwest Territories, and Jane Gilmartin Gilchrist Collection (Newberry Library). Gwich'in Alphabet Posters Fort McPherson Dialect. [Fort McPherson]: Northwest Territories, Dept. of Education, Programs and Evaluation Branch, 1981.
- Ripley, Klohn & Leonoff International Limited. Community Granular Materials Inventory Fort McPherson, N.W.T. [s.l.]: Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1972.
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