Hay River, Northwest Territories Totally Explained

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| settlement_type = Town | motto = Hub of the North |image_skyline = Great Slave Lake and Lake Athabasca 6.png |imagesize = |image_caption = Hay River on Great Slave Lake |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Territory | subdivision_name1 = Northwest Territories | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = South Slave Region | subdivision_type3 = Constituency | subdivision_name3 = Hay River North
Hay River South | subdivision_type4 = Census division | subdivision_name4 = Fort Smith Region, Northwest Territories | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Jean-Marc Miltenberger | leader_title1 = Town Manager | leader_name1 = Terry Molenkamp | leader_title2 = MLA | leader_name2 = Paul Delorey (North) | leader_title3 = MLA | leader_name3 = Jane Groenewegen (South) | established_title = Incorporated (town) | established_date = 16 June 1963 | area_land_km2 = 132.59 | elevation_m = 165 |latd= 60.833056 |longd= -115.777778 | population_total = 3,648 | population_density_km2 = 27.5 | timezone = Mountain (MST) | utc_offset = -7 | timezone_DST = MDT | utc_offset_DST = -6 | postal_code_type = Canadian Postal code | postal_code = X0E 0R0 - 0R9/1G1 - 1G5 | area_code = 867 | blank_name = Telephone exchange | blank_info = 874/5 | footnotes = Sources:
Community Governance Data List
2006 Canada Census,
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,
Canada Flight Supplement }}
Hay River, known as "the Hub of the North"

Demographics

Hay River has a population of 3,648, and the nearby Hay River Reserve (Katl'odeeche First Nation) another 309, according to the 2006 Census. The main languages in the town are South Slavey, Chipewyan, Michif and English.

History

The area has been in use by First Nations, known as the Long Spear people as far back as 7000 BC.
   A school, health centre and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police followed, and as part of the Canol Road project the United States Army Corps of Engineers built a runway on Vale Island. In the late 1940s the Government of Canada built a gravel road, now the Mackenzie Highway, from Grimshaw, Alberta to Hay River making it the first community in the NWT to be linked with southern Canada. The RCMP detachment has eight members and the South Mackenzie Correctional Centre is located here. There are two grocery stores in Hay River, including the Northern Store, branches of both the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and the Royal Bank of Canada and both True Value and Home Hardware. Both First Air and Canadian North provide scheduled services to Yellowknife with connections elsewhere, while Canadian also provides direct flights to Edmonton. Other companies offering charter services in HAy River include, Landa Air, Carter Air Services (fixed-wing aircraft), Denendeh Helicopters and Remote Helicopters. Harry Camsell is for primary school and serves students from kindergarten to Grade 3. Princess Alexandra, named for and opened by Princess Alexandra in 1967, is a middle school and serves Grade 4 to Grade 7. Diamond Jenness, named for Diamond Jenness and opened in 1973, is the high school and serves Grade 8 to Grade 12. The town also supports a Community Learning Centre and a Career Centre.
   The town controls television broadcasting and it's paid for through property taxes and includes, CIHC-TV, a community channel, CBEBT-1 from Yellowknife is the CBC North channel and CH4435 (Télévision de Radio-Canada) broadcasting in French. The Hub is an independent weekly newspaper published by Chris Brodeur. Besides Hay River, the paper is available in Yellowknife, Enterprise, Fort Smith, Inuvik, Fort Providence, Fort Resolution and Grande Prairie.
   Internet services are provided by SSI Micro and Bell Sympatico, land based telephone by Northwestel and cell phones by NMI Mobility.

Notable people

Paul Delorey, professional curler and current speaker in the Northwest Territories Legislature, represents Hay River North
Jane Groenewegen, current member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from Hay River South
Rob McVicar, goaltender for the Vancouver Canucks
John Pollard, member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1987 until 1995
Geoff Sanderson, ice hockey winger currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers
Donald Morton Stewart, former mayor and speaker of the Northwest Territories Legislature

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