Fort Providence

Fort Providence ( Slavey: Zhahti Koe " Mission House ") is a 160 meters high altitude hamlet in the Dehcho region of the Northwest Territories in Canada. Located west of Great Slave Lake, the place can be achieved in any weather on the Street: Through the Yellowknife Highway, and it is planned to build a bridge near the place on the Mackenzie to replace the ice bridge in the winter and the ferry and a to allow year-round crossing.

Fort Providence is known as the host of the annual Mackenzie Daze festival. This takes place in August.

The population is, according to Canadian census of 2006 727 and the population density is 2.8. The majority belongs to the people of the Dene.

The Dene of Fort Providence are represented by the Deh Gah Gotie Dene Council and the Métis by Fort Providence Métis Local 57 Both groups belong to the Dehcho First Nations.

The place has an airfield. It is 5.6 km east of the hamlet and is called Fort Providence Water Aerodrome.