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Fort McPherson (N.W.T.)

Fort McPherson is a hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada.

Population is 776 according to the 2006 Census. 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. The two principal languages spoken are Gwich'in and English.

Originally the site of a Hudson's Bay Company post the community was named for "Murdoch McPherson".

Indian record

Description
Creator: 

Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Start Date: 
1961
End Date: 
1961
Date Range: 
1961 January - 1961 April
Physical Description: 

0.4 cm of textual record. - 4 issues

Bibliographic Information
Publication: 
Winnipeg : Canadian Publishers Ltd.
Volume: 
XXIV
Issue: 
1 - 4
Physical Location
Repository: 
srsc
File No: 
017
Shelf Location: 
2012-033-001
Container Number: 
001
Description Level: 
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