Frog Lake, Alberta

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Frog Lake
Unincorporated community
Location of Frog Lake in Alberta
Coordinates: 53°49′54″N 110°25′00″W / 53.83167°N 110.41667°W / 53.83167; -110.41667
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Northern Alberta
Census division	12
Municipal district	County of St. Paul No. 19
Government
• Type	Unincorporated
Elevation	593 m (1,946 ft)
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 Cree community approximately 207 km (129 mi) east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is located 11 km (6.8 mi) northeast of the Hamlet of Heinsburg and 13 km (8.1 mi) southwest of the Fishing Lake Métis Settlement.

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]

History

Frog Lake 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

Frog Lake First Nation
Frog Lake, Alberta, Canada. T0A 1M0

References

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

External links

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v t e First Nations in Alberta

Cultural areas	Plains Subartic

Historical confederacies	Blackfoot Confederacy Iron Confederacy

Numbered Treaties	Treaty 6 (Central Alberta, 1876) Treaty 7 (Southern Alberta, 1877) Treaty 8 (Northern Alberta, 1899)

Ethno-cultural groups and languages	Beaver / Daneẕaa language Blackfoot / Niitsítapi (language) Chipewyan / Denésoliné language Plains Cree / Paskwāwiyiniwak (language) Sarcee / Tsuu T'ina language Saulteaux / Nakawē (language) Eastern Shoshone / Sosoni [before 1787] language Slavey / Dene Tha' language Stoney / Nakoda (language) Woodland Cree / Sakāwithiniwak language

First Nation governments (bands)	Alexander Alexis Athabasca Chipewyan Bearspaw Beaver Beaver Lake Cree Bigstone Cree Chiniki Chipewyan Prairie Cold Lake Dene Tha' Driftpile Duncan's Enoch Cree Ermineskin Cree Fort McKay Fort McMurray Frog Lake Heart Lake Horse Lake Kainai Kapawe'no Kehewin Cree Little Red River Cree Loon River Louis Bull Lubicon Lake Mikisew Cree Montana O'Chiese Paul Piikani Saddle Lake Samson Cree Sawridge Siksika Smith's Landing Sturgeon Lake Sucker Creek Sunchild Swan River Tallcree Tsuu T'ina Wesley Whitefish Lake (Atikameg) Whitefish Lake (Goodfish) Woodland Cree

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v t e The Numbered Treaties: Treaty Six

Numbered Treaties	Treaty 1 Treaty 2 Treaty 3 Treaty 4 Treaty 5 Treaty 6 Treaty 7 Treaty 8 Treaty 9 Treaty 10 Treaty 11

Manitoba	Marcel Colomb First Nation Mathias Colomb First Nation

Saskatchewan	Ahtahkakoop First Nation Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation Big Island Lake Cree Nation Big River First Nation Flying Dust First Nation Island Lake First Nation James Smith First Nation Lac La Ronge First Nation Little Pine First Nation Lucky Man First Nation Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation Mistawasis First Nation Montreal Lake First Nation Moosomin First Nation Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man First Nation Muskeg Lake First Nation Muskoday First Nation One Arrow First Nation Onion Lake First Nation Pelican Lake First Nation Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Poundmaker First Nation Red Pheasant First Nation Saulteaux First Nation Sweetgrass First Nation Sturgeon Lake First Nation Thunderchild First Nation Waterhen Lake First Nation Witchekan Lake First Nation

Alberta	Alexander First Nation Alexis First Nation Beaver Lake Cree Nation Cold Lake First Nation Enoch Cree Nation Ermineskin Cree Nation Frog Lake First Nation Heart Lake First Nation Kehewin Cree Nation Louis Bull First Nation Montana First Nation O'Chiese First Nation Papaschase (disputed) Paul First Nation Saddle Lake Cree Nation Samson First Nation Sunchild First Nation Whitefish Lake First Nation (Goodfish)

Coordinates: 53°49′53″N 110°24′05″W / 53.83139°N 110.40139°W / 53.83139; -110.40139 (Frog Lake)

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