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Hamlet
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| subdivision_type =
Country
| subdivision_name =
Canada
| subdivision_type1 =
Territory
| subdivision_name1 =
Northwest Territories
| subdivision_type2 =
Region
| subdivision_name2 =
Inuvik Region
| subdivision_type3 =
Constituency
| subdivision_name3 =
Mackenzie Delta
| subdivision_type4 =
Census division
| subdivision_name4 =
Inuvik Region, Northwest Territories
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Bill Prodromidis
| leader_title1 = Senior Administrative Officer
| leader_name1 = Deanna Black
| leader_title2 =
MLA
| leader_name2 = David Krutko
| established_title = Hamlet
| established_date =
1 November 1986
| area_land_km2 = 53.06
| elevation_m = 43
| latd= 67.435278
| longd= -134.881944
| population_total = 776
| population_density_km2 = 14.6
| timezone = Mountain (MST)
| utc_offset = -7
| timezone_DST = MDT
| utc_offset_DST = -6
| postal_code_type =
Canadian Postal code
| postal_code =
X0E 0J0
| area_code =
867
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Telephone exchange
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| footnotes = Sources:Community Governance Data List,
2006 Canada Census,
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,
Fort McPherson profile at the Legislative Assembly
Canada Flight Supplement
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Fort McPherson (
Gwich’in language:
Teet'lit Zhen ) 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.
Population is 776 according to the
2006 Census,
The two principal languages spoken are Gwich'in and
English. Fort McPherson is accessible by road all year from
Dawson City and
Whitehorse,
Yukon, with the exception of spring break-up and fall freeze-up on the Peel River. The community also has access to Inuvik via the Dempster Highway and crosses the
Mackenzie River at
Tsiigehtchic.
Originally the site of a
Hudson's Bay Company post the community was named for "Murdoch McPherson".
The
Gwich’in people of Fort McPherson are very welcoming of strangers and go out of their way to make them welcome. Most people have vehicles and regularly make trips to either Inuvik, or Whitehorse.
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