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Fort McPherson

Northwest Territorieshamlet

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Fort McPherson

Founded

1986

Elevation43 m
Coordinates67.44°, -134.88°

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City facts

Founded
1986
Elevation
43 m
Official website
www.fortmcpherson.ca

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Overview

Fort McPherson 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.

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History & geography

History

Fort McPherson was the starting point of Francis Joseph Fitzgerald's famous tragic journey of "The Lost Patrol". All four men on the Patrol, including Fitzgerald, were buried at Fort McPherson on 28 March 1911. In 1938, the graves were cemented over into one large tomb (to the right of the flag pole in above image), with cement posts at the four corners connected by a chain. In the centre is a memorial to the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Patrol of 1910.

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Geography

Latitude
67.4370
Longitude
-134.8824
Water area
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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
2.46
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
899

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Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
1,354
Avg daily Wikipedia views
45
Attention level
Quiet

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Official Identifiers

StatCan — Statistics Canada

SGC code
6101015
Wikidata
Q1014119

Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Open Library
  • • StatCan — Statistics Canada — Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012