Introducing Fort Smith
On a high bluff above the Slave River, Fort Smith is absurdly friendly, idyllic – and somewhat un-Northern. Maybe it’s the brick homes, ball fields and water tower, or the fact that the town abuts Alberta. For years this was the gateway to the North, situated at the end of a portage route around the Slave River rapids. The Hudson’s Bay Company set up shop here in 1874, and until Yellowknife became the territorial capital in 1967, this was the administrative center for most of Canada’s northern territories. Today the town remains a peaceful, appealing government hub and the headquarters of Wood Buffalo National Park. Two-thirds of the 2360 residents are Cree, Chipewyan or Métis.
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Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: Tundra and Boreal forests
by tralia 08 August 2011
Fly to Edmonton and then on to Fort Smith, NWT. It's sub-arctic so no tundra but also not many tourists. Cheaper too and friendlier than…
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RE: Living in Yellowknife
by brionyew 13 August 2009
I’m quite surprised by the response posted by #8, particularly because it doesn’t seem that this person has ever been to Yellowknife.…
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RE: Fort Smith NWT!
by trekker502 12 August 2009
I drove through Ft. Smith in June several years ago, just before the Summer Solstice, and the village was deserted. Many aborginal peoples…
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