Fort Providence, Northwest Territories

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Fort Providence is a town located west of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It has all-weather road connections by way of the Great Slave Highway branch off the Mackenzie Highway, and plans are currently progressing to build a bridge near Fort Providence over the Mackenzie River, enabling year-round crossing of that river.

Fort Providence is world famous for hosting the annual Mackenzie Daze celebrations on August long weekend.

Population is 753 according to the 2001 Census.

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