Fort Resolution
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| Territory : | Northwest Territories | ||
| Region: | South Slave Region | ||
| Coordinates : | 61 ° 10 ′ N , 113 ° 40 ′ W | ||
| Residents : | 475 (as of 2011) | ||
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Fort Resolution ( Deninoo Kue "moose island") is a settlement corporation in the South Slave Region in the Northwest Territories , Canada . The community is located at the confluence of the Slave River in the Great Slave Lake and at the end of the Fort Resolution Highway (Highway 6). It is the oldest documented location in the Northwest Territories. Fort Resolution held a key position on the northern water-fur trade route. The place is recognized as a national cultural heritage.
According to the 2006 Canadian census, the population is 484. The majority of the residents are Dene or Métis . The predominant languages are English , Chipewyan and Michif .
The city has an ice hockey stadium, a community hall, a retirement home, an RCMP station and two petrol stations. A small airfield, Fort Resolution Airport, offers charter flights and is used for medevac flights. The oldest building in the city is the Catholic Church, which was built in the early 19th century. Great Slave Lake Beach is the main place for swimming, bird watching, and recreation. The residents fish and hunt caribou, ptarmigan and rabbits all year round.
Nearby Pine Point was once a lead mine. When the value of lead declined in the 1980s, the mine closed and the site abandoned. Many of the homes were sold for $ 1 and rebuilt in Fort Resolution or Hay River .
“Deninu Days” in late August is a celebration of the beginning caribou hunting season with parades, games and talent competitions. A recreational opportunity is the nearby "Little Buffalo River Crossing", a territorial park with historical and natural attractions.
Fort Resolution is represented by the Deninu Kue First Nation and is part of the Akaitcho Territory Government .
credentials
- ↑ Differences in Community Government Structure (PDF; 59 kB)
- ^ Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. ( Memento from June 11, 2007 in the web archive archive.today )
literature
- P. Deprez, A. Bisson: Demographic differences between Indians and Métis in Fort Resolution. Center for Settlement Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg 1975.
- LC Driedger: Kinship, marriage and residence in Fort Resolution, NWT National Library of Canada, Ottawa 1990, ISBN 0-315-55603-X .
- G. Fields, G. Sigurdson: Northern co-operatives as a strategy for community change; the case of Fort Resolution. University of Manitoba, Center for Settlement Studies, Winnipeg 1972.
- Fort Resolution Education Society: That's the way we lived an oral history of the Fort Resolution elders. Fort Resolution Education Society, Fort Resolution, NWT 1987.
- CJ-H. Kim: Assessment of cadmium intake from the consumption of traditional food in Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories. National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, Ottawa 1996, ISBN 0-612-12213-1 .
- C. Lafontaine: Concentrations of metals and trace elements in muscle and liver of fish collected from Great Slave Lake, Fort Resolution area, NWT final report. The Division, Yellowknife 1997.
- M. Mercredi: An outline for a traditional skills camp proposed by the Fort Resolution Settlement Council. Govt. of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife? 1988.
- DM Smith: Moose-Deer island house people a history of the native people of Fort Resolution. National Museums of Canada, Ottawa 1982.
- DM Smith: INKONZE: magico-religious beliefs of contract-traditional Chipewan trading at Fort Resolution, NWT, Canada. Mercury series. National Museum of Man, National Museums of Canada, Ottawa 1973.
- JC Van Kessel: Taking care of bison community perceptions of the Hook Lake Wood Bison Recovery Project in Fort Resolution, NT, Canada. National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, Ottawa 2004, ISBN 0-612-81493-9 .
