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Fort Providence

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Fort Providence

Total population

770

Founded

1987

Elevation160 m
Land area256.33 km²
Coordinates61.35°, -117.65°

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City facts

Founded
1987
Elevation
160 m
Area
256.33 km²

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Overview

Fort Providence 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 branch off the Mackenzie Highway, and the Deh Cho Bridge opened November 30, 2012, near Fort Providence over the Mackenzie. The bridge replaced the ice bridge and ferry, enabling year-round crossing of the river.

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History & geography

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.

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Geography

Latitude
61.3523
Longitude
-117.6490
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Air quality

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Notable people from here

Nearby places in Northwest Territories

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
2.89
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,054

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
569
Avg daily Wikipedia views
19
Attention level
Obscure

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Books about Fort Providence

The history of Detroit and Michigan
The history of Detroit and Michigan
Silas Farmer · 1884
Bill
Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. · 2002
Légendes du Nord-Ouest
Légendes du Nord-Ouest
Georges Dugas · 1883
From Lishamie
From Lishamie
Albert Canadien · 2010
Mackenzie Highway Anniversary Ride—Yellowknife by BMW in 1982
Mackenzie Highway Anniversary Ride—Yellowknife by BMW in 1982
Derrick King · 2016
A TOUR OF THE WORLD
A TOUR OF THE WORLD
Malik Mansab Khan · 2025
A Heritage of Open Air Square Temple Discovered In Russia
A Heritage of Open Air Square Temple Discovered In Russia
2010
American Film
American Film
American Film Institute · 1975

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Official Identifiers

StatCan — Statistics Canada

SGC code
6104014
Wikidata
Q949160

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