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Fitzgerald

Fort Fitzgerald
Smith's Landing
Fitzgerald Fort Fitzgerald; Smith's Landing
unincorporated community
	Fitzgerald Location of Fitzgerald in Alberta
	Coordinates: 59°51′35″N 111°36′15″W / 59.85972°N 111.60417°W
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Northern Alberta
Census division	16
Specialized municipality	RM of Wood Buffalo
Government
• Mayor	Sandy Bowman
• Governing body	Wood Buffalo Municipal Council Ken Ball; Funky Banjoko; Lance Bussieres; M. Shafiq Dogar; Allan Grandison; Nicholas Keith McGrath; Kendrick Cardinal; Loretta Waquan; Stu Wigle; Jane Stroud;
Elevation	200 m (700 ft)
Population (2018)
• Total	8
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Postal code	T0V 1A0
Area code	+1-867
Website	RM of Wood Buffalo page

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Fitzgerald, also known as Fort Fitzgerald and originally Smith's Landing, is an unincorporated community in northern Alberta, Canada within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, located 15.4 kilometres (9.6 mi) south of the Northwest Territories border, and 23 kilometres (14 mi) southeast of Fort Smith.

History

Prior to the extension of railway service to Hay River, Northwest Territories, on Great Slave Lake, all cargo being shipped to or from the north had to be portaged from Fitzgerald to Fort Smith, to avoid four impassable rapids.^[2] The community was known as Smith's Landing until 1915 when it was renamed Fort Fitzgerald after the late Francis Joseph Fitzgerald.^[3]

Services

Most of the community's services are provided from Fort Smith, including fire, law enforcement, health care, social services, and telecommunications.^[4] Law enforcement is part of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police 'G division' in the Northwest Territories.^[4] Since telecommunication services, including cellular and internet, are from Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, the area code is 867, although Fitzgerald is located in what would be area code 780 in Alberta.^[5]

An all-weather road, named Hay Camp Road, links Fort Smith and Hay Camp through Fitzgerald.^[6]

Demographics

Fitzgerald had a population of 8 people in the 2018 Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo census.^[7] The population of the Thebathi 196 Indian Reserve in the federal 2016 census was 20,^[8] a 33.3% decrease from the 2011 census which had a population of 30.^[9]

Climate

Fitzgerald has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc).^[10] Summers are short and warm, and winters long and cold.

Climate data for Fitzgerald, Alberta
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−21.0 (−5.8)	−15.0 (5.0)	−7.0 (19.4)	5.0 (41.0)	15.0 (59.0)	21.0 (69.8)	23.0 (73.4)	21.0 (69.8)	13.0 (55.4)	5.0 (41.0)	−9.0 (15.8)	−17.0 (1.4)	2.8 (37.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−26.0 (−14.8)	−21.0 (−5.8)	−14.0 (6.8)	−1.5 (29.3)	8.0 (46.4)	14.0 (57.2)	16.5 (61.7)	14.5 (58.1)	7.5 (45.5)	0.5 (32.9)	−13.0 (8.6)	−21.5 (−6.7)	−3.0 (26.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−31.0 (−23.8)	−27.0 (−16.6)	−21.0 (−5.8)	−8.0 (17.6)	1.0 (33.8)	7.0 (44.6)	10.0 (50.0)	8.0 (46.4)	2.0 (35.6)	−4.0 (24.8)	−17.0 (1.4)	−26.0 (−14.8)	−8.8 (16.2)
Source: The Weather Channel^[11]

References

^ "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
^ On the Banks of the Slave: A History of the Community of Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. Published by the Tourism Committee of Fort Smith, Department of Education Northwest Territories, 1979.
^ "Fort Fitzgerald". Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Archived from the original on May 19, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Fort Fitzgerald Where We Are Today" (PDF). Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. May 2008. p. 6. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
^ "Canadian Numbering Plan and Dialling Plan" (PDF). The Canadian Steering Committee on Numbering (CSCN). October 26, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
^ "Map of Wood Buffalo National Park". Parks Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
^ "The Municipal Census 2015 Report" (PDF). Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. p. 52. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 5, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
^ "2016 Census Profile - Thebathi 196". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
^ "2011 Census Profile - Thebathi 196". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
^ "Climate Regions". Archives - Environment Canada. Environment Canada. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
^ "Fitzgerald, Canada". The Weather Channel. Channel, LLC. Retrieved May 15, 2016.

External links

Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
- Fort Fitzgerald Archived May 19, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

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[council-1] "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.

[2] On the Banks of the Slave: A History of the Community of Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. Published by the Tourism Committee of Fort Smith, Department of Education Northwest Territories, 1979.

[name-3] "Fort Fitzgerald". Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Archived from the original on May 19, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2016.

[about-4] "Fort Fitzgerald Where We Are Today" (PDF). Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. May 2008. p. 6. Retrieved May 19, 2016.

[5] "Canadian Numbering Plan and Dialling Plan" (PDF). The Canadian Steering Committee on Numbering (CSCN). October 26, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2014.

[6] "Map of Wood Buffalo National Park". Parks Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved May 8, 2016.

[7] "The Municipal Census 2015 Report" (PDF). Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. p. 52. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 5, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2016.

[2016census-8] "2016 Census Profile - Thebathi 196". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved November 23, 2017.

[2011census-9] "2011 Census Profile - Thebathi 196". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved November 23, 2017.

[climatregion-10] "Climate Regions". Archives - Environment Canada. Environment Canada. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2016.

[averages-11] "Fitzgerald, Canada". The Weather Channel. Channel, LLC. Retrieved May 15, 2016.

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-'''Fitzgerald''', also known as '''Fort Fitzgerald''' and originally '''Smith's Landing''', is an [[unincorporated community]] in [[northern Alberta]] within the [[Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo]], located {{convert|15.4|km}} south of the [[Northwest Territories]] border, and {{convert|23|km}} southeast of [[Fort Smith, Northwest Territories|Fort Smith]].
+'''Fitzgerald''', also known as '''Fort Fitzgerald''' and originally '''Smith's Landing''', is an [[unincorporated community]] in [[northern Alberta]], Canada within the [[Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo]], located {{convert|15.4|km}} south of the [[Northwest Territories]] border, and {{convert|23|km}} southeast of [[Fort Smith, Northwest Territories|Fort Smith]].
 ==History==
-[[File:Radium Queen at the Fort Fitzgerald docks, July 1, 1937.jpg|thumb|The ''[[Radium Queen (ship)|Radium Queen]]'', and other tugboats, pushed barges to and from the portage at Fort Fitzgerald to the railhead at [[Waterways, Alberta]].]]
+[[File:Radium Queen at the Fort Fitzgerald docks, July 1, 1937.jpg|left|thumb|The ''[[Radium Queen (ship)|Radium Queen]]'', and other tugboats, pushed barges to and from the portage at Fort Fitzgerald to the railhead at [[Waterways, Alberta]].]]
+[[File:Smith's Landing, at the head of the Slave River rapids (S2004-976 LS).jpg|left|thumb|Smith's Landing, circa 1910]]
-Prior to the extension of [[railway]] service to [[Hay River, Northwest Territories]], on [[Great Slave Lake]], all cargo being shipped to or from the north had to be [[portage]]d from Fitzgerald to Fort Smith, to avoid four impassable rapids.<ref>''On the Banks of the Slave: A History of the Community of Fort Smith, Northwest Territories''. Published by the Tourism Committee of Fort Smith, Department of Education Northwest Territories, 1979.</ref> The community was known as Smith's Landing until 1915 when it was renamed Fort Fitzgerald after the late [[Francis Joseph Fitzgerald]].<ref name="name">{{cite web|title=Fort Fitzgerald|url=http://www.rmwb.ca/living/Communities/Fort-Fitzgerald.htm|website=Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo|publisher=Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo|accessdate=May 19, 2016}}</ref>
+Prior to the extension of [[railway]] service to [[Hay River, Northwest Territories]], on [[Great Slave Lake]], all cargo being shipped to or from the north had to be [[portage]]d from Fitzgerald to Fort Smith, to avoid four impassable rapids.<ref>''On the Banks of the Slave: A History of the Community of Fort Smith, Northwest Territories''. Published by the Tourism Committee of Fort Smith, Department of Education Northwest Territories, 1979.</ref> The community was known as Smith's Landing until 1915 when it was renamed Fort Fitzgerald after the late [[Francis Joseph Fitzgerald]].<ref name="name">{{cite web|title=Fort Fitzgerald|url=http://www.rmwb.ca/living/Communities/Fort-Fitzgerald.htm|website=Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo|accessdate=May 19, 2016|archive-date=May 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519220748/http://www.rmwb.ca/living/Communities/Fort-Fitzgerald.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 ==Services==
-Most of the community's services are provided from Fort Smith, including fire, law enforcement, health care, social services, and telecommunications.<ref name="about">{{cite web|title=Fort Fitzgerald Where We Are Today|url=http://www.rmwb.ca/Assets/Departments/Planning+and+Development/Long+Range+Planning/Envision+Wood+Buffalo/PDF/background_report_ftfitz.pdf|website=Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo|publisher=Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo|accessdate=May 19, 2016|page=6|format=PDF|date=May 2008}}</ref> Law enforcement is part of the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] 'G division' in the Northwest Territories.<ref name="about"/> Since [[Northwestel#Modern corporate history|telecommunication]] services, including cellular and internet, are from Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, the area code is [[Area code 867|867]], although Fitzgerald is located in what would be [[area code 780]] in Alberta.<ref>{{cite web|title=Canadian Numbering Plan and Dialling Plan|url=http://www.cnac.ca/canadian_dial_plan/Canadian_Numbering_and_Dial_Plan.pdf|publisher=The Canadian Steering Committee on Numbering (CSCN)|accessdate=March 26, 2014|date=October 26, 2011}}</ref>
+Most of the community's services are provided from Fort Smith, including fire, law enforcement, health care, social services, and telecommunications.<ref name="about">{{cite web|title=Fort Fitzgerald Where We Are Today|url=http://www.rmwb.ca/Assets/Departments/Planning+and+Development/Long+Range+Planning/Envision+Wood+Buffalo/PDF/background_report_ftfitz.pdf|website=Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo|accessdate=May 19, 2016|page=6|date=May 2008}}</ref> Law enforcement is part of the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] 'G division' in the Northwest Territories.<ref name="about"/> Since [[Northwestel#Modern corporate history|telecommunication]] services, including cellular and internet, are from Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, the area code is [[Area code 867|867]], although Fitzgerald is located in what would be [[area code 780]] in Alberta.<ref>{{cite web|title=Canadian Numbering Plan and Dialling Plan|url=http://www.cnac.ca/canadian_dial_plan/Canadian_Numbering_and_Dial_Plan.pdf|publisher=The Canadian Steering Committee on Numbering (CSCN)|accessdate=March 26, 2014|date=October 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105012402/http://www.cnac.ca/canadian_dial_plan/Canadian_Numbering_and_Dial_Plan.pdf|archive-date=November 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 An all-weather road, named Hay Camp Road, links Fort Smith and [[Hay Camp, Alberta|Hay Camp]] through Fitzgerald.<ref>{{cite web|title=Map of Wood Buffalo National Park|url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/nt/woodbuffalo/visit/visit7/visit8.aspx|website=Parks Canada|publisher=Government of Canada|accessdate=May 8, 2016}}</ref>
 ==Demographics==
-Fitzgerald had a population of 9 people in the 2015 Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rmwb.ca/Assets/Corporate/Census+Reports/Municipal+Census+2015+Report.pdf |title=The Municipal Census 2015 Report |publisher=Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo |page=52 |accessdate=May 10, 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505010657/http://www.rmwb.ca/Assets/Corporate/Census+Reports/Municipal+Census+2015+Report.pdf |archivedate=May 5, 2016 |df= }}</ref> The population of the Thebathi 196 Indian Reserve in the federal [[Canada 2016 Census|2016 census]] was 20,<ref name="2016census">{{cite web|title=2016 Census Profile - Thebathi 196|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4816860&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=Fitzgerald&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All|website=Statistics Canada|publisher=Government of Canada|accessdate=November 23, 2017}}</ref> a 33.3% decrease from the [[Canada 2011 Census|2011 census]] which had a population of 30.<ref name="2011census">{{cite web|title=2011 Census Profile - Thebathi 196|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4816860&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=Fitzgerald&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=|website=Statistics Canada|publisher=Government of Canada|accessdate=November 23, 2017}}</ref>
+Fitzgerald had a population of 8 people in the 2018 Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rmwb.ca/Assets/Corporate/Census+Reports/Municipal+Census+2015+Report.pdf |title=The Municipal Census 2015 Report |publisher=Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo |page=52 |accessdate=May 10, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505010657/http://www.rmwb.ca/Assets/Corporate/Census+Reports/Municipal+Census+2015+Report.pdf |archivedate=May 5, 2016 }}</ref> The population of the Thebathi 196 Indian Reserve in the federal [[Canada 2016 Census|2016 census]] was 20,<ref name="2016census">{{cite web|title=2016 Census Profile - Thebathi 196|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4816860&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=Fitzgerald&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All|website=Statistics Canada|publisher=Government of Canada|accessdate=November 23, 2017}}</ref> a 33.3% decrease from the [[Canada 2011 Census|2011 census]] which had a population of 30.<ref name="2011census">{{cite web|title=2011 Census Profile - Thebathi 196|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4816860&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=Fitzgerald&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=|website=Statistics Canada|publisher=Government of Canada|accessdate=November 23, 2017}}</ref>
 ==Climate==
-Fitzgerald has a [[subarctic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Dfc'').<ref name="climatregion">{{cite web|title=Climate Regions |url=http://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/pub/geott/atlas/archives/english/3rdedition/environment/climate/030.jpg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909022911/http://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/pub/geott/atlas/archives/english/3rdedition/environment/climate/030.jpg |dead-url=yes |archive-date=September 9, 2015 |website=Archives - Environment Canada |publisher=Environment Canada |accessdate=May 19, 2016 }}</ref> Summers are short and warm, and winters long and cold.
+Fitzgerald has a [[subarctic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Dfc'').<ref name="climatregion">{{cite web|title=Climate Regions |url=http://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/pub/geott/atlas/archives/english/3rdedition/environment/climate/030.jpg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909022911/http://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/pub/geott/atlas/archives/english/3rdedition/environment/climate/030.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 9, 2015 |website=Archives - Environment Canada |publisher=Environment Canada |accessdate=May 19, 2016 }}</ref> Summers are short and warm, and winters long and cold.
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 == External links ==
 *[http://www.woodbuffalo.ab.ca/ Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo]
-**[http://www.rmwb.ca/living/Communities/Fort-Fitzgerald.htm Fort Fitzgerald]
+**[http://www.rmwb.ca/living/Communities/Fort-Fitzgerald.htm Fort Fitzgerald] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519220748/http://www.rmwb.ca/living/Communities/Fort-Fitzgerald.htm |date=May 19, 2016 }}
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