Fitzgerald, Alberta
Fitzgerald, also known as Fort Fitzgerald, is an unincorporated community in northern Alberta within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, located 15.4 kilometres (9.6 mi) south of the Northwest Territories border, and 22.8 kilometres (14.2 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.[1]
The community receives telecommunications services, including cellular and internet, from Fort Smith, so consequently the area code is 867, although it is located in what would be area code 780 in Alberta.[2] it is served from Fort Smith, Northwest Territories and therefore +1-867 is the area code.
Demographics
It had a population of 8 people in 2010 Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo census,[3] and in 2012 the municipality census reported a population of 0. [4]< The population of Fitzgerald in the 2011 census was 30, a 100% increase from 2006 census which had a population of 15.[5]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Canadian Numbering Plan and Dialling Plan" (PDF). The Canadian Steering Committee on Numbering (CSCN). October 26, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
- ^ "2010 Municipal Census" (PDF). RMWB. Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "Popukatiob Distabution by Community". EmWB. Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "Census Profile - Thebathi 196". Census Profile -Fitzgearsld. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
External links
59°51′42″N 111°36′20″W / 59.86167°N 111.60556°W
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