Frog Lake, Alberta

Frog Lake
—  Unincorporated community  —
Location of Frog Lake in Alberta
Coordinates:
Country  Canada
Province  Alberta
Region Northern Alberta
Census division 12
Municipal District St. Paul County
Government
 • Type Unincorporated
Elevation 593 m (1,946 ft)
Population (2006)
 • Total 1,000
Time zone MST (UTC−7)
 • Summer (DST) MDT (UTC−6)
Postal code T0A 1M0
Area code(s) +1-780
Highways Highway 897
Waterways Frog Lake

Frog Lake is a small Cree community about a two and half hour drive east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Frog Lake has 2,454 band members as of August, 2007. Frog Lake has a reserve population of approximately 1,000 residing on-reserve.[1]

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History

Massacre

It was the scene of the Frog Lake Massacre of which nine white men were killed by Cree Aboriginals on April 2, 1885 in the course of the North West Rebellion.[2]

Band

References

  1. ^ Frog Lake population
  2. ^ W. Stewart WALLACE, ed., - The Encyclopedia of Canada, Vol. II, Toronto, University Associates of Canada, 1948, 411p., pp. 401-402.

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