Fort Good Hope
Rádeyı̨lı̨kóé
Fort Hope, Fort Charles
Charter Community
Fort Good Hope is located in Northwest Territories
Fort Good Hope
Fort Good Hope
Fort Good Hope is located in Canada
Fort Good Hope
Fort Good Hope
Coordinates: 66°15′25″N 128°38′16″W / 66.25694°N 128.63778°W / 66.25694; -128.63778
CountryCanada
TerritoryNorthwest Territories
RegionSahtu
Settlement areaSahtu
ConstituencySahtu
Charter Community1 April 1995
Government
 • ChiefCollin Pierrot
 • Senior Administrative OfficerIrvin Eng
 • MLADaniel McNeely
Area
[1]
 • Land47.25 km2 (18.24 sq mi)
Elevation
268 m (879 ft)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total516
 • Density10.9/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Canadian Postal code
X0E 0H0
Area code867
Telephone exchange598
- Living cost177.5A
- Food price index166.9B
Sources:
Department of Municipal and Community Affairs,[2]
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,[3]
Canada Flight Supplement[4]
^A 2013 figure based on Edmonton = 100[5]
^B 2015 figure based on Yellowknife = 100[5]

Fort Good Hope (formerly Fort Hope, Fort Charles, also now known as the Charter Community of K'asho Got'ine[pronunciation?]), is a charter community in the Sahtu Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is located on a peninsula between Jackfish Creek and the east bank of the Mackenzie River, about 145 km (90 mi) northwest of Norman Wells.

Its population is about 500, mainly indigenous. The two principal languages are North Slavey and English. Hunting and trapping are two major sources of income.

The Church of Our Lady of Good Hope, a National Historic Site, is located in the community. The church, completed in 1885, was once home to Father Émile Petitot.

History

The settlement was established as a North West Company fur trading outpost in 1804 (or 1805).[6] It was known mainly as Fort Good Hope, but also as Fort Hope and Fort Charles (not the same as the HBC fort from 1686) The outpost was relocated several times from the current site; between 1804 and before 1823 somewhere between Arctic Red River and Peel River (by NWC and HBC) near Tsiigehtchic, 1823 on the west banks of the Mackenzie near what was called Thunder River near where the rivers runs east–west direction north of current site (labelled in A.K. Isbester 1845 map as Old Fort Good Hope), remained there until 1826 relocated on Manitou Island.[7] Flooding forced HBC to relocate their outpost twice on the east banks in 1836.[8][7]

The fur outpost ended in 1918[7] and became a HBC retail operation that is now known as Northern Stores.

Demographics

Federal census population history of Fort Good Hope
YearPop.±%
1976443—    
1981463+4.5%
1986562+21.4%
1991602+7.1%
1996644+7.0%
2001549−14.8%
2006557+1.5%
2011515−7.5%
2016516+0.2%
2021507−1.7%
Source: Statistics Canada
[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][1][16]
Annual population estimates
YearPop.±%
1996699—    
1997687−1.7%
1998674−1.9%
1999642−4.7%
2000607−5.5%
2001588−3.1%
2002600+2.0%
2003564−6.0%
2004555−1.6%
2005559+0.7%
2006577+3.2%
2007566−1.9%
YearPop.±%
2008557−1.6%
2009560+0.5%
2010548−2.1%
2011523−4.6%
2012535+2.3%
2013538+0.6%
2014557+3.5%
2015580+4.1%
2016561−3.3%
2017570+1.6%
2018570+0.0%
Sources: NWT Bureau of Statistics (2001 - 2017)[17]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fort Good Hope had a population of 507 living in 195 of its 231 total private dwellings, a change of -1.7% from its 2016 population of 516. With a land area of 47.25 km2 (18.24 sq mi), it had a population density of 10.7/km2 (27.8/sq mi) in 2021.[16]

In 2006 the Indigenous population was 465, of which 435 were First Nations, 20 Métis and 10 Inuit.[1]

Transportation

Fort Good Hope looking across the Mackenzie River

The only all season access is by air, Fort Good Hope Airport, with flights operated by North-Wright Airways from Inuvik, Norman Wells and Colville Lake.[18] All flights are non-scheduled passenger service. The old airport runway is now Old Airport Road.[6] The community can be accessed in summer using the Mackenzie River. There is no passenger service and the route is primarily used by the Northern Transportation Company for the summer sealift. Winter access is possible via a winter road from Wrigley located further south. The NWT government is seeking federal funding to help extend the Mackenzie Highway from Wrigley to Tsiigehtchic, where it would connect with the Dempster Highway, as of winter 2014 at least eight major river crossings are in place for the new road, some of which are in use as winter crossings.

First Nations

Fort Good Hope is represented by the K’ahsho Got’ine Community Council and belong to the Sahtu Dene Council.[19] Through the council they are in negotiations with the Government of Canada for a land claims settlement.

Education

Fort Good Hope currently has three institutes providing some form of education.

For pre-school, there is the Fort Good Hope Daycare.

Elementary, junior high and senior high school students attend Chief T'Selehye School. The K-12 school is one of five schools under the Sahtú Divisional Education Council. The current school was rebuilt in 2011 replace the early 1971 building (renovations 1987 and 1994). It also hosts the community library.

For post secondary education Aurora College Learning Centre located in the town allows students to qualify for admission to Aurora College and meet other college and university admission requirements. The closest campus is Inuvik.

Communication infrastructure

Services

There is no hospital in Fort Good Hope and has basic care from the local community counselling centre. Urgent care can be assessed at Sahtú Got'iné Regional Health and Social Services Centre in Norman Wells and critical care requiring hospitalization to Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife (via air ambulance).

RCMP Fort Good Hope detachment provides general policing in community and under north district of "G" Division, West Region.

Fire services are provided from one fire station near RCMP detachment. The service has two pumpers.

Climate

Fort Good Hope experiences a subarctic climate (Dfc), with cold winters and short, warm summers. The highest temperature ever recorded was 37.4 °C (99 °F) on 8 July 2023.[20] The coldest temperature ever recorded was −56.1 °C (−69 °F) on 31 January 1917[21] and 4 February 1947.[22]

Climate data for Fort Good Hope Airport, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1907–present
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 6.7
(44.1) 		13.3
(55.9) 		15.6
(60.1) 		21.8
(71.2) 		30.5
(86.9) 		35.0
(95.0) 		37.4
(99.3) 		33.9
(93.0) 		30.6
(87.1) 		22.8
(73.0) 		5.4
(41.7) 		5.9
(42.6) 		37.4
(99.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −23.8
(−10.8) 		−19.7
(−3.5) 		−14.1
(6.6) 		−0.2
(31.6) 		10.5
(50.9) 		20.9
(69.6) 		22.4
(72.3) 		18.4
(65.1) 		10.2
(50.4) 		−2.3
(27.9) 		−15.9
(3.4) 		−19.8
(−3.6) 		−1.1
(30.0)
Daily mean °C (°F) −27.8
(−18.0) 		−24.2
(−11.6) 		−20.0
(−4.0) 		−6.9
(19.6) 		4.7
(40.5) 		14.8
(58.6) 		16.7
(62.1) 		12.7
(54.9) 		5.4
(41.7) 		−5.9
(21.4) 		−19.8
(−3.6) 		−24.0
(−11.2) 		−6.2
(20.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −31.7
(−25.1) 		−28.7
(−19.7) 		−25.8
(−14.4) 		−13.6
(7.5) 		−1.1
(30.0) 		8.6
(47.5) 		10.9
(51.6) 		7.1
(44.8) 		0.5
(32.9) 		−9.4
(15.1) 		−23.7
(−10.7) 		−28.1
(−18.6) 		−11.2
(11.8)
Record low °C (°F) −56.1
(−69.0) 		−56.1
(−69.0) 		−49.4
(−56.9) 		−41.7
(−43.1) 		−25.6
(−14.1) 		−5.6
(21.9) 		−2.8
(27.0) 		−7.2
(19.0) 		−17.0
(1.4) 		−38.9
(−38.0) 		−48.3
(−54.9) 		−55.0
(−67.0) 		−56.1
(−69.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 19.6
(0.77) 		21.0
(0.83) 		16.4
(0.65) 		9.4
(0.37) 		11.5
(0.45) 		27.1
(1.07) 		41.3
(1.63) 		39.7
(1.56) 		33.6
(1.32) 		29.5
(1.16) 		23.2
(0.91) 		22.5
(0.89) 		294.8
(11.61)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.2
(0.01) 		6.7
(0.26) 		27.1
(1.07) 		41.3
(1.63) 		39.7
(1.56) 		27.6
(1.09) 		2.4
(0.09) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		144.9
(5.70)
Average snowfall cm (inches) 19.7
(7.8) 		21.2
(8.3) 		16.6
(6.5) 		9.3
(3.7) 		4.9
(1.9) 		0.1
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		0.0
(0.0) 		6.0
(2.4) 		27.3
(10.7) 		23.6
(9.3) 		22.6
(8.9) 		151.2
(59.5)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) 8.5 8.7 8.0 4.5 4.1 6.8 9.2 9.5 10.0 12.2 10.3 9.7 101.2
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.4 6.8 9.2 9.4 8.3 1.1 0.0 0.0 37.3
Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) 8.5 8.7 7.9 4.4 1.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.1 11.2 10.3 9.8 64.7
Source: Environment Canada[23][24][25][26][27][21][22][20]

See also

References

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  22. ^ a b "February 1947". Canadian Climate Data. Environment Canada. 31 October 2011. Climate ID: 2201500. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
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