| Fort McPherson Teet'lit Zheh |
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| — Hamlet — | |
| A wooden church in Fort McPherson, NWT | |
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Fort McPherson
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Northwest Territories |
| Region | Inuvik Region |
| Constituency | Mackenzie Delta |
| Census division | Inuvik Region, Northwest Territories |
| Hamlet | 1 November 1986 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hazel Nerysoo |
| • Senior Administrative Officer | James Wilson |
| • MLA | David Krutko |
| Area | |
| • Land | 53.06 km2 (20.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 43 m (141 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 776 |
| • Density | 14.6/km2 (37.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC−7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−6) |
| Canadian Postal code | X0E 0J0 |
| Area code(s) | 867 |
| Telephone exchange | 952 |
| Prices | |
| - Living cost | 152.5A |
| - Food price index | 163.1B |
| Website | www.fortmcpherson.ca |
| Sources:Community Governance Data List[1], 2006 Canada Census,[2] Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre[3], Fort McPherson profile at the Legislative Assembly[4] Canada Flight Supplement[5] ^A 2005 figure based on Edmonton = 100[6] ^B 2004 figure based on Yellowknife = 100[6] |
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Fort McPherson (Gwich’in language: Teet'lit Zheh {at the head of the waters}) 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,[2] a slight increase over the 2001 Census count of 761. In 2009 the Government of the Northwest Territories reported that the population was 791 with an average yearly growth rate of -1.1 from 1996.[6] In the 2006 Census 715 people identified as aboriginal, 650 as North American Indian, 30 as Métis, 30 as Inuit or Inuvialuit, 10 giving multiple or other aboriginal responses and 55 Non-Aboriginal.[7]
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.
| Historical populations | |||
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| Year | Pop. | %± | |
| 1996 | 915 |
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| 1997 | 887 | -3.1% | |
| 1998 | 861 | -2.9% | |
| 1999 | 861 | 0.0% | |
| 2000 | 828 | -3.8% | |
| 2001 | 831 | 0.4% | |
| 2002 | 807 | -2.9% | |
| 2003 | 816 | 1.1% | |
| 2004 | 808 | -1.0% | |
| 2005 | 812 | 0.5% | |
| 2006 | 807 | -0.6% | |
| 2007 | 812 | 0.6% | |
| 2008 | 813 | 0.1% | |
| 2009 | 791 | -2.7% | |
| Sources: NWT Bureau of Statistics[6] | |||
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| Climate data for Fort McPherson | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −25 (−13) |
−23 (−9) |
−16 (3) |
−5 (23) |
6 (42) |
17 (62) |
20 (68) |
16 (60) |
7 (44) |
−4 (24) |
−17 (1) |
−14 (7) |
−3.3 (26.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −34 (−29) |
−32 (−25) |
−27 (−16) |
−18 (0) |
−4 (24) |
5 (41) |
9 (48) |
6 (42) |
0 (32) |
−10 (14) |
−25 (−13) |
−30 (−22) |
−13.3 (8.0) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 18 (0.7) |
18 (0.7) |
20 (0.8) |
20 (0.8) |
13 (0.5) |
25 (1) |
28 (1.1) |
41 (1.6) |
30 (1.2) |
38 (1.5) |
28 (1.1) |
18 (0.7) |
297 (11.7) |
| Source: Weatherbase [8] | |||||||||||||
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