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But it's badly implemented. Attorney General of Brazil includes this template, but it displays as "Attorney General of the Americas", an office that has never existed and is unhelpful in describing what it should be talking about: Attorneys General in the Americas (or, more helpfully, in North and South America separately). — LlywelynII 01:23, 20 September 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Note to self/create new template without this Lua syntax? Shushugah (talk) 04:29, 14 January 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

StarTrekker. The recent edits to the template seem to have broken multiple links. Currently it provides

v t e List of airlines of the Americas
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and previously it provided

Fort Vermilion
Hamlet
Aerial view from north
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Fort Vermilion Location of Fort Vermilion in Alberta Show map of Alberta Fort Vermilion Fort Vermilion (Canada) Show map of Canada
Coordinates: 58°23′24″N 116°01′00″W / 58.39000°N 116.01667°W / 58.39000; -116.01667
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Northern Alberta
Census division	17
Specialized municipality	Mackenzie County
Established	1788 (oldest in Alberta)
Government [1]
• Type	Unincorporated
• Reeve	Josh Knelsen
• Governing body	Mackenzie County Council Jacquie Bateman Peter F. Braun Cameron Cardinal David Driedger Eric Jorgensen Joshua Knelsen Anthony Peters Ernest Peters Walter Sarapuk Lisa Wardley
• MP	Arnold Viersen (Cons - Peace River—Westlock)
• MLA	Dan Williams (UCP - Peace River)
Area  (2021)[2]
• Land	5.36 km2 (2.07 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	270 m (890 ft)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	753
• Density	140.4/km2 (364/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−07:00 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Postal code	T0H 1N0
Area code(s)	780, 587, 825
Highways	Highway 88 (Bicentennial Highway)
Waterways	Peace River

Fort Vermilion is a hamlet on the Peace River in northern Alberta, Canada, within Mackenzie County.^[4]

Established in 1788, Fort Vermilion shares the title of oldest European settlement in Alberta with Fort Chipewyan.^[5][6] Fort Vermilion contains many modern amenities to serve its inhabitants as well as the surrounding rural community. The municipal office of Mackenzie County, Alberta's largest municipality by land area, is located in Fort Vermilion.

The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 17.

The area was inhabited by Dane-zaa (Beaver), Dene and later Cree First Nations long before the arrival of European traders and settlers.

Named for the vermilion coloured clays lining the river banks, Fort Vermilion started as a trading community for the North West Company, upstream of the impassible Vermilion Chutes.^[7] The fort was established in 1788, following the expeditions of Alexander MacKenzie. Winter residents would trade furs with the native trappers, then send the furs by river during the summer to exchange points to the east and then to Montreal. The fort was later transferred to the Hudson's Bay Company after the 1821 merger. By 1830, it was a prosperous fur trading post.^[8] The first Anglican church was built in 1877.^[9]

The main access to the settlements was by means of the river, using river boats and then ferries to haul materials in the summer months, when the water was not frozen. In 1903 the first steam-powered vessel to serve Fort Vermilion was the St. Charles built to navigate the 526 mi (847 km) to the upper reaches of the Peace River, from Hudson's Hope to Fort Vermilion.^[7] In 1974 a bridge was built over the Peace River immediately west of Fort Vermilion, effectively ending the winter isolation of the community.

The original Old Bay House, home of the chief factor, still exists and is now part of the Fort Vermilion National Historic Site. It was listed as such in 1968, for its importance as site of North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company posts.^[10]

The visitor centre is hosted in a 1923 dovetailed log house. Built on the banks of the Peace River, it was moved to its current location in 1983. Another heritage building is the 1907 Clark House, built for the Hudson's Bay clerk quarters, and moved in 1994 to the present location near the visitor centre. The Trappers Shack, built in 1912, is another dovetailed log house. It was listed as a provincial historic site.^[5]

In 2018 the airport was named after Canadian Wop May, former bush pilot and WW1 flying ace. It was to Fort Vermilion that May flew to in 1929 with lifesaving drugs.

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fort Vermilion had a population of 753 living in 257 of its 292 total private dwellings, a change of 17.8% from its 2016 population of 639. With a land area of 5.36 km² (2.07 sq mi), it had a population density of 140.5/km² (363.9/sq mi) in 2021.^[2]

The population of Fort Vermilion according to the 2018 municipal census conducted by Mackenzie County is 763.^[25]

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fort Vermilion had a population of 639 living in 224 of its 294 total private dwellings, a change of -12.1% from its 2011 population of 727. With a land area of 5.8 km² (2.2 sq mi), it had a population density of 110.2/km² (285.3/sq mi) in 2016.^[24]

Two schools are located in Fort Vermilion, both administered by the Fort Vermilion School Division No. 52.^[26]

Fort Vermilion Public is part of the public school system and offers education from grade 6 to grade 12. Approximately 150 students attend this school. St. Mary's Elementary functions in the Catholic school system and is a kindergarten to grade 6 school. It has approximately 145 students.

The Northern Lakes College, established in 1999, has one of its 26 campuses in Fort Vermilion. It was previously known as Alberta Vocational Centre Grouard, and offered education to First Nations students.^[27]

Fort Vermilion is located approximately 85 km (53 mi) southeast of High Level and 661 km (411 mi) northwest of Edmonton on the Highway 88 (Bicentennial Highway). The hamlet of La Crete is located approximately 47 km (29 mi) southwest of Fort Vermilion on Highway 697.

The hamlet is one of the northernmost communities in the Peace River Country. Peace Country, in the aspen parkland biome, is Canada's northernmost land suitable for agriculture. The landscape is dominated by aspen, poplars and spruce, occasionally interspersed with areas of grasslands. Wildlife is abundant in the area, and includes bears, moose, deer, beavers, foxes, coyotes and Canada geese and Sandhill cranes^[8]

The hamlet is situated on the southern banks of the Peace River, with an elevation ranging from 255 to 282 m (837 to 925 ft) and the Indian reserve of Fort Vermilion 173B is about a kilometre east. The North Vermilion Settlement lies on the opposite (northern) shore of the river, while Fort Vermilion (Wop May Memorial) Aerodrome is located directly beside the hamlet on the north east side.

Climate

Despite being so high in latitude, Fort Vermilion experiences a humid continental climate (Dfb), though bordering closely on subarctic, with long, very cold winters and brief but fairly warm summers. Temperatures during the winter can drop to −40 °C (−40.0 °F) to −50 °C (−58.0 °F). Summer days benefit from long hours of daylight due to its northern location.^[8]

Fort Vermilion holds the record for the coldest temperature in Canada recorded outside Yukon, when on 11 January 1911, the temperature dropped down to −61.2 °C (−78.2 °F).^[28][29] The highest temperature ever recorded was 39.4 °C (102.9 °F) on 15 May 1912.^[29] This gives a temperature range of 100.6 °C (181.1 °F), one of only a handful locations in the world.

The Fort Vermilion Community and Cultural Complex includes a hockey rink and concession, community hall/dance hall/stage with commercial kitchen and a curling rink. The Fort Vermilion Heritage Centre manages 25 sites (listed as both provincial and national historic sites), including the old log houses, the Dominion Experimental Farm, First Nations and natural history exhibits.^[30] Also located at the community complex is a RV waste dumping site and potable water refill location. The community complex also boasts workout facilities, a splash park, ball diamonds and playground - making it a great stop to relax and cool off on hot summer days.

St. Theresa General Hospital is a building built in 1983, offering 26 acute-care beds and 8 long-term-care beds, as well as an emergency department. It employs approximately 76 health workers, and is administered by Alberta Health Services.^[31] The Provincial Court of Alberta maintains a circuit court in Fort Vermilion,^[32] with the base point located in High Level. The court used to reside in the old hospital building but now has a modern facility beside west of St. Henry's Roman Catholic Church. The old hospital building (aka old court house) has now been re-purposed and relocated as an office place for MARA (Mackenzie Applied Research Association) at the Fort Vermilion Experimental Farm.

The Fantasy North Golf & Country Club is a 9-hole golf course with a 150-year history. Additional facilities include a mini golf park, driving range and clubhouse. The course closed in spring 2020 following the flooding of the Peace River and remains inoperational due to extensive flood damage to clubhouse and course watering system.

The hamlet also has a public library^[33] and four churches: St. Theresa Catholic Church, Church of God in Christ Mennonite, Faith Gospel Fellowship and St. Luke's Anglican Church. The St. Luke's Anglican Church Cemetery dates back to 1877.

Located east of the settlement is the Fort Vermilion (Wop May Memorial) Aerodrome (TC LID: CEZ4), administered by Mackenzie County. It is an airport that serves the area with Provincial Air Ambulance services, as well as aerial firefighting. CanWest Air operates a base here with a charter and medevac aircraft. There is also a small heliport, Fort Vermilion/Country Gardens B&B Heliport.

The Rodeo Grounds are located 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest of the community, and hosts a rodeo every year in July (check for dates). The event features cattle roping and bucking broncos along with other competition.

Other events and festivals held in Fort Vermilion include Canada Day celebrations, Town and Country Fair, River Daze and Arts and Crafts Show. A Farmer's Market is organized periodically based on interest. The yearly Get to Know You Night is held in mid September to promote services and organizations is popular with northern residents.

DA Thomas Park is a grassed day use area in Fort Vermilion that provides picnic tables with campfire spots overlooking the river with a boat launch and dock to access the river.

There are a number of beaches along the Peace River that are accessible only by boat (upstream and downstream). In North Vermilion (Buttertown) there is a beach accessible by road.^{[citation needed]}

Fort Vermilion is in the federal riding of Peace River—Westlock, represented by MP Arnold Viersen. Prior to the 2012 redistribution of federal electoral riding boundaries, the land was part of the Peace River electoral district.

Fred Brick, husband to Sarah Lendrum (formerly of the Strathcona area), was an early businessman, farmer and trader at Fort Vermilion. Sarah came to join Fred at Fort Vermilion in 1896.^[34][35]

Fort Vermilion was home to cowboy Kenton Randle, known as "Rugged". Born 1960 and deceased 23 November 2003. Kenton was the bareback bronc rider who represented Canada at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City. In November 2015 he was inducted into the Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame as a Legend of Rodeo.

Fort Vermilion was the childhood home of writers and brothers Will Ferguson and Ian Ferguson. Will vividly describes his childhood there in his memoirs Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw. He mentions that the town was included in the 1976 version of Ghost Towns of Alberta, much to the chagrin of its residents at that time.

Dave Hancock, named 15th premier of Alberta on 23 March 2014 following the resignation of Alison Redford, grew up in Fort Vermilion.^[36]

Gloria Chomiak Atamanenko, a social worker, writer, and translator, was born in Fort Vermilion.

• List of communities in Alberta
• List of designated places in Alberta
• List of hamlets in Alberta

It's the only one I noticed but there may be problems elsewhere. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 00:24, 12 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I don't see any problems. Where exactly are the issues?★Trekker (talk) 13:08, 12 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

After reviewing both versions I see that neither is great. Breaking it down. Both versions have a title "List of airlines of the Americas" which provides a link to Americas. A violation of Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking#What generally should not be linked.

In the top box I really don't think that there are going to be a lot of "List of X of the United States and Canada". I'm less sure of "List of X of Latin America and the Caribbean" and "List of X of Central America and the Caribbean" but they don't seem common.

Plus where is the link for "List of X of South America"? The thing is that Latin America does not always include all of South America (see Latin America#Contemporary definitions) but includes parts of North America (Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean).

Both versions have links to North and South America and they both link to List of airlines of the Americas. All the other links are red but why not have links to Category:Lists of airlines of North America, Category:Lists of airlines of Central America, Category:Lists of airlines of South America, and ategory:Lists of airlines of the Caribbean? CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 17:59, 12 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Lots of things aren't likely to exist for all regions, but there are enough articles for all of these regions that I think there is advantage to have them.★Trekker (talk) 17:50, 14 March 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

There is a move discussion in progress on Template talk:North America topic which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 21:02, 29 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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