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Frog Lake, Alberta

Coordinates: 53°49′53″N 110°24′05″W / 53.83139°N 110.40139°W / 53.83139; -110.40139 (Frog Lake)
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Frog Lake
Frog Lake, Alberta is located in Alberta
Frog Lake, Alberta
Location of Frog Lake in Alberta
Coordinates: 53°49′54″N 110°25′00″W / 53.83167°N 110.41667°W / 53.83167; -110.41667
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
RegionNorthern Alberta
Census division12
Municipal districtCounty of St. Paul No. 19
Government
 • TypeUnincorporated
Elevation
593 m (1,946 ft)
Time zoneUTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)
Postal code
Area code+1-780
HighwaysHighway 897
WaterwaysFrog Lake

Frog Lake is a Cree community of the Frog Lake First Nation approximately 207 km (129 mi) east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is located 11 km (6.8 mi) northeast of the Hamlet of Heinsburg and 13 km (8.1 mi) southwest of the Fishing Lake Metis Settlement.

Frog Lake has 2,454 band members as of August, 2007. Frog Lake has a reserve population of approximately 1,000 residing on-reserve.[1]

History

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Frog Lake was the scene of the Frog Lake Massacre of which nine white men were killed by Cree Indigenous people on April 2, 1885 in the course of the North-West Rebellion.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Frog Lake population
  2. ^ W. Stewart WALLACE, ed., - The Encyclopedia of Canada, Vol. II, Toronto, University Associates of Canada, 1948, 411p., pp. 401-402.

53°49′53″N 110°24′05″W / 53.83139°N 110.40139°W / 53.83139; -110.40139 (Frog Lake)