Fort Resolution

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Fort Resolution

Founded

2011

Elevation160 m

Coordinates61.17°, -113.67°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Fort Resolution is a hamlet in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The community is situated at the mouth of the Slave River, on the shores of Great Slave Lake, and at the end of the Fort Resolution Highway. It is the headquarters of the Deninu Kųę́ First Nation, whose Chief is Louis Balsillie. It is the Headquarters of the Fort Resolution Metis Government, whose President is Arthur Beck.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Dave Hancock

Canadian politician

T

Tom Beaulieu

Canadian politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Fort Resolution

Preliminary map of Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories (map and descriptive notes)

Geological Survey of Canada. · 1950

Fort Resolution, District of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories

A demographic study of the Fort Resolution native population, Northwest Territories

Antonio F. Bisson · 1972

Demographic differences between Indians and Métis in Fort Resolution

Paul Deprez · 1975

Moose-Deer Island house people

David M. Smith · 1982

Moose-Deer island house people

David Merrill Smith · 1982

Northern co-operatives as a strategy for community change

Glenn Fields · 1972

INKONZE: magico-religious beliefs of contract-traditional Chipewan trading at Fort Resolution, NWT, Canada

David Merrill Smith · 1973

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Rusty Tussock Moth

Orgyia antiqua

Seen 2025-08-22

Ashton's Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Bombus ashtoni

Seen 2025-08-19

Obscure Marsh Fly

Helophilus obscurus

Seen 2025-08-19

Canadian gooseberry

Ribes oxyacanthoides

Seen 2025-08-17

fireweed

Chamaenerion angustifolium

Seen 2025-07-08

White Sweetclover

Melilotus albus

Seen 2025-07-08

Alsike clover

Trifolium hybridum

Seen 2025-07-06

Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

Seen 2025-07-06

one-sided wintergreen

Orthilia secunda

Seen 2025-07-06

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers