# Fort McKay > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fort_McKay > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fort_McKay.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_McKay > Source revision: 1356503535 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Fort McKay | other_name = Fort MacKay | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = [Indigenous settlement](/source/Indian_settlement) and [hamlet](/source/Hamlet_(place)) | motto = | image_skyline = FortMacKay.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Aerial view of Fort McKay | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | pushpin_map = Canada Alberta | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Fort McKay in Alberta | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = [Province](/source/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada) | subdivision_name1 = [Alberta](/source/Alberta) | subdivision_type2 = [Census division](/source/List_of_census_divisions_of_Alberta) | subdivision_name2 = [No. 16](/source/Division_No._16%2C_Alberta) | subdivision_type3 = [Specialized municipality](/source/Specialized_municipalities_of_Alberta) | subdivision_name3 = [RM of Wood Buffalo](/source/Regional_Municipality_of_Wood_Buffalo) | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = {{Wood Buffalo Municipal Council|mayor}} | leader_title1 = [Governing body](/source/Local_government) | leader_name1 = {{Wood Buffalo Municipal Council}} | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | established_title = | established_date = | established_title2 = Established | established_date2 = 1820{{cite web|title=1820 to Present Discovery and Growth|url=http://fortmckay.com/about/|website=Fort McKay - About us|publisher=Fort McKay First Nation|access-date=May 7, 2016}} | established_title3 = Named | established_date3 = 1912 | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 9.53 | population_as_of = [2016](/source/Canada_2016_Census) | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 742 | population_density_km2 = 77.9 | population_blank1_title = | population_blank1 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = | timezone = [MST](/source/Mountain_Time_Zone) | utc_offset = -7 | timezone_DST = [MDT](/source/Mountain_Time_Zone) | utc_offset_DST = -6 | coordinates = {{coord|57|10|52|N|111|35|59|W|region:CA-AB_source:http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/IAFFF|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = 260 | elevation_footnotes = | postal_code_type = Postal code span | postal_code = [T0P](/source/List_of_T_Postal_Codes_of_Canada) | area_codes = [780](/source/Area_code_780), [587, 825](/source/Area_codes_587_and_825) | blank_name = [Highways](/source/List_of_Alberta_provincial_highways) | blank_info = [Highway 63](/source/Alberta_Highway_63) | blank1_name = Waterways | blank1_info = [Athabasca River](/source/Athabasca_River) | website = [http://www.woodbuffalo.ab.ca/ RM of Wood Buffalo] }} '''Fort McKay''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|ˈ|k|aɪ}} {{respell|mə|KY}}){{cite news |last=Condon |first=Olivia |title=F'Spirit of reconciliation' at council's Fort McKay meeting |url=http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2018/01/24/spirit-of-reconciliation-at-councils-fort-mckay-meeting |access-date=February 7, 2018 |agency=Fort McMurray Today |publisher=Postmedia Network |date=January 23, 2018 |archive-date=February 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208064254/http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2018/01/24/spirit-of-reconciliation-at-councils-fort-mckay-meeting |url-status=dead }} or '''Fort MacKay''' is a community in [northeast Alberta](/source/northern_Alberta), Canada, located at the confluence of the [Athabasca](/source/Athabasca_River) and MacKay rivers. It is approximately {{convert|54|km|abbr=on}} north of [Fort McMurray](/source/Fort_McMurray) via [Highway 63](/source/Alberta_Highway_63) and Fort McKay Road. The community has an elevation of {{convert|260|m|abbr=on}}. The majority of the community is an [Indian settlement](/source/Indian_settlement) of the [Fort McKay First Nation](/source/Fort_McKay_First_Nation) (FMFN). The smaller portion of the community, known as Fort MacKay before 2018, is located adjacent to the FMFN lands to the south within the [Regional Municipality (RM) of Wood Buffalo](/source/Regional_Municipality_of_Wood_Buffalo). The portion of the community within the RM of Wood Buffalo is designated as a [hamlet](/source/Hamlet_(place)).{{AltaML}}{{cite web | url=http://www.woodbuffalo.ab.ca/Living_2227/Communities/Fort-MacKay.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224165938/http://www.woodbuffalo.ab.ca/Living_2227/Communities/Fort-MacKay.htm | archive-date=December 24, 2013 | title=Fort MacKay | publisher=Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo | access-date=May 13, 2011}}{{cite web | url=http://www.fortmckay.com/ | title=About Fort McKay | publisher=Fort McKay First Nation | access-date=May 13, 2011}} == History == {{stack|thumb|left|Fort McKay First Nation's welcome sign for the community}} The community was named in 1912, after Dr. Williams Morrison MacKay, the first president of the Northern Alberta Medical Association. The community's name is spelled ''Fort McKay'' by the [Fort McKay First Nation](/source/Fort_McKay_First_Nation). In August 2012, the Fort McKay Métis Community requested the RM of Wood Buffalo to change the name of the hamlet to ''Fort McKay''.{{cite web|title=Council Meeting Request|url=http://woodbuffalo.siretechnologies.com/sirepub/cache/2/1vuapib31wre52mwksmtnw45/1148505072016065902341.PDF|website=Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo|access-date=May 8, 2016|date=August 28, 2011}}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}{{cite web|title=Approved Minutes of a Meeting of the Council of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo|url=http://woodbuffalo.siretechnologies.com/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=117&doctype=MINUTES|website=Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo|access-date=May 8, 2016|date=August 28, 2012|archive-date=June 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602061134/http://woodbuffalo.siretechnologies.com/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=117&doctype=MINUTES|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last1=McDermott|first1=Vincent|title=Fort MacKay requests name change|url=http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2012/08/28/fort-mackay-requests-name-change|access-date=May 8, 2016|agency=Fort McMurray Today|publisher=Postmedia Network|date=August 28, 2012|archive-date=May 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520163810/http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2012/08/28/fort-mackay-requests-name-change|url-status=dead}} The change was recognized by the RM on January 22, 2018. ;2016 wildfire Fort McKay hosted 5000 evacuees from the [2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire](/source/2016_Fort_McMurray_Wildfire) but the hamlet itself was put under an evacuation notice due to the northward advance of the flames toward the community.{{cite news|last1=Bird|first1=Cullen|title=Fort McKay under voluntary evacuation order as wildfire size expected to double|url=http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2016/05/07/fort-mckay-under-voluntary-evacuation-order-as-wildfire-size-expected-to-double|access-date=May 7, 2016|agency=Fort McMurray Today|publisher=Postmedia Network|date=May 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508112130/http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2016/05/07/fort-mckay-under-voluntary-evacuation-order-as-wildfire-size-expected-to-double|archive-date=May 8, 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Fort McKay First Nation welcomed 5,000 people at wildfire evacuation's peak|url=http://aptn.ca/news/2016/05/06/fort-mckay-first-nation-welcomed-5000-people-at-wildfire-evacuations-peak/|access-date=May 7, 2016|agency=Aboriginal Peoples Television Network|publisher=Aboriginal Peoples Television Network|archive-date=June 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602130458/http://aptn.ca/news/2016/05/06/fort-mckay-first-nation-welcomed-5000-people-at-wildfire-evacuations-peak/|url-status=dead}} == Geography == ;Climate Fort McKay has a [subarctic climate](/source/subarctic_climate) ([Köppen climate classification](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification) ''Dfc'').{{cite web|title=Climate Regions |url=http://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/pub/geott/atlas/archives/english/3rdedition/environment/climate/030.jpg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909022911/http://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/pub/geott/atlas/archives/english/3rdedition/environment/climate/030.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 9, 2015 |website=Archives - Environment Canada |publisher=Environment Canada |access-date=May 7, 2016 }} and falls into the [NRC](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada) [Plant Hardiness Zone](/source/Hardiness_zone) 3a.{{cite web|title=Plant Hardiness Zone by Municipality|url=http://www.planthardiness.gc.ca/?m=22&lang=en&prov=Alberta&val=E|website=Natural Resources Canada|publisher=Government of Canada|access-date=May 7, 2016}} Summers are mild and short, and winters can be long and cold. == Demographics == {{stack|{{Historical populations |title = Population history
of Fort MacKay
Indian settlement |type = Canada |align = left |width = |state = |shading = |percentages = |footnote = Sources: [Statistics Canada](/source/Statistics_Canada), 1991–2016 censuses{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4816859&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=Fort%20Mackay&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 | title=Census Profile – Fort Mackay, S-E, Alberta (Census subdivision) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=May 2, 2015 | access-date=May 8, 2016}}{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census96/data/profiles/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=35782&PRID=0&PTYPE=3&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=1996&THEME=34&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= | title=Electronic Area Profiles: Profile of Census Divisions and Subdivisions, 1996 Census – Fort Mackay, S-E | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=December 23, 2013 | access-date=May 8, 2016}}{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4816859&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=fort_mackay&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= | title=Community Highlights for Fort Mackay | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=August 26, 2013 | access-date=May 8, 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=4816859&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=fort_mackay&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= | title=2006 Community Profiles – Fort Mackay, Alberta (Indian settlement) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=January 5, 2015 | access-date=May 8, 2016}} |1991|256 |1996|347 |2001|437 |2006|521 |2011|562 |2016|742 }}}} ;Settlement In the [2016 Census of Population](/source/Canada_2016_Census) conducted by [Statistics Canada](/source/Statistics_Canada), the Fort McKay settlement recorded a population of 742 living in 250 of its 303 total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:742-562}}|562|1}} change from its 2011 population of 562. With a land area of {{convert|9.53|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|742|9.53|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=[Statistics Canada](/source/Statistics_Canada) | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=February 8, 2017}} In the [2011 Census](/source/Canada_2011_Census), the Fort McKay settlement had a population of 562 living in 201 of its 235 total dwellings, a 7.9% change from its 2006 population of 521. With a land area of {{convert|8.17|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|562|8.17|km2|sqmi}} in 2011. ;Hamlet The population of the hamlet portion of Fort McKay according to the [2018 municipal census](/source/2018_Alberta_municipal_censuses) conducted by the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is 59,{{cite web | url=http://www.rmwb.ca/Assets/Departments/Planning+and+Development/Planning+$!26+Development+Documents/Census+Report+2018.pdf | title=census2018 Municipal Census Report | publisher=Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo | access-date=September 25, 2021 | archive-date=September 10, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910173454/https://www.rmwb.ca/Assets/Departments/Planning+and+Development/Planning+$!26+Development+Documents/Census+Report+2018.pdf | url-status=dead }} an increase from its [2015 municipal census](/source/Alberta_municipal_censuses%2C_2015) population count of 51.{{cite web | url=http://www.rmwb.ca/News-Room/Media-Releases/Province-Approves-2015-Municipal-Census-Figures_s2_p5313.htm | title=Province Approves 2015 Municipal Census Figures | publisher=[Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo](/source/Regional_Municipality_of_Wood_Buffalo) | date=February 23, 2016 | access-date=May 8, 2016 | archive-date=May 5, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505004529/http://www.rmwb.ca/News-Room/Media-Releases/Province-Approves-2015-Municipal-Census-Figures_s2_p5313.htm | url-status=dead }} == Economy == The economy is centred on the development of the [Athabasca oil sands](/source/Athabasca_oil_sands) to the immediate south and north. Motorists travelling north on Highway 63 pass through oil sands developments en route to the community. == Government == The community is located in the federal riding of [Fort McMurray—Cold Lake](/source/Fort_McMurray%E2%80%94Cold_Lake). == Infrastructure == The community is located {{convert|6|km|abbr=on}} north of Highway 63 via Fort McKay Road, and is served by air at the [Fort MacKay/Horizon Airport](/source/Fort_MacKay%2FHorizon_Airport). == See also == *[List of communities in Alberta](/source/List_of_communities_in_Alberta) *[List of hamlets in Alberta](/source/List_of_hamlets_in_Alberta) == References == {{Reflist|30em}} == External links == {{Commons category}} *[http://fortmckay.com/ Fort McKay] {{Geographic location | Centre = Fort McKay | North = [Fort Chipewyan](/source/Fort_Chipewyan%2C_Alberta) | Northeast = | East = [Saskatchewan](/source/Saskatchewan) | Southeast = [La Loche](/source/La_Loche%2C_Saskatchewan) | South = [Fort McMurray](/source/Fort_McMurray) | Southwest = [Wabasca](/source/Wabasca%2C_Alberta) | West = | Northwest = [Wood Buffalo National Park](/source/Wood_Buffalo_National_Park) }} {{Alberta|hamlets=yes}} {{First Nations in Alberta}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fort Mckay, Alberta}} Category:Hamlets in Alberta Category:Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Category:Hudson's Bay Company forts --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Fort McKay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_McKay) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_McKay?action=history)). 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