Fort Resolution
One Of The Oldest Communities In The Northwest Territories, A Fur Trade Post On Great Slave Lake Beside The Slave River Delta, Rich In Birds, Fishing And Dene And Metis History. A Small Community Off The Highway, With Limited Services And A Quiet Visiting Season · Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories
Fort Resolution, Deninu Kue in the Dene language, is a Dene and Metis community of about 500 people on the south shore of Great Slave Lake, beside the mouth of the Slave River where it spreads into one of the largest inland deltas in North America. It is one of the oldest communities in the Northwest Territories: fur traders had a post in the area in the late 1700s, and the settlement grew around the trade, a mission and a school. The delta is a maze of channels, marshes and willow islands that fills with migrating ducks, geese, swans and pelicans, and the lake and river hold whitefish, pike and walleye. The community is reached by a spur road, Highway 6, from Highway 5 east of Hay River, and by scheduled flight from Hay River or Yellowknife. It is not a sightseeing town. There is no tour desk and no fixed programme. Services are a store, a small lodge or guest house and a few takeaway counters (confirm). Ask locally before you go out on the water.
Fort Resolution, a Dene and Metis community of about 500 people on the south shore of Great Slave Lake near the Slave River delta, reached by a spur road from Highway 5 east of Hay River; coordinates approximate, Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories, Canada
Fort Resolution keeps no visiting hours because it is a living community. The store, the lodge or guest house and any band or hamlet office keep their own hours, often a weekday pattern of roughly 9 to 5 with shorter days at weekends - confirm by phone. Bird migration runs roughly late April to May and again September to October, and boat and fishing trips run roughly June to September in open water. Winter is dark and cold, with aurora and few services for visitors. Walking the lake shore costs nothing at any hour. Sundays and public holidays are quiet, so buy food and fuel the day before.