Hay River, Northwest Territories
Hay River is a city on the south shore of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is located on the eponymous river, Hay River and Yellowknife is the second largest community in the Northwest Territories. Hay River had in 2011 about 3,606 inhabitants and is located not far from Wood Buffalo National Park. The city is also the Hay River Airport.
History
The village was permanently settled in 1892, at that time were counted about 60 inhabitants. After the population in the following years further increase, a school, a hospital and a police station of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was established in the community. As part of the Canol Road construction project, was built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers during the Second World War on the neighboring Vale Iceland a start and runway. In the late forties years, the then government of Canada built a connecting road, which is known as the Mackenzie Highway today. This leads from Grimshaw, Alberta to Hay River and thus connects the Northwest Territories to the south of the country. Opened in 1959, the Canadian logistics and shipping companies Northern Transportation Company headquartered on the river. From there, even today, goods and other materials in other municipalities and cities such as transported to Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk and other communities on the Arctic Ocean, as Taloyoak, Nunavut up to Barrow, Alaska.
Infrastructure
The town now has a fully equipped hospital. The H.H. Williams Memorial Hospital features in addition to general medical institutions, a rescue service. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police ( RCMP ) ensures the security in the city. The police station is located in the downtown area and has some prison cells. In the city there are several shopping opportunities. So there are two grocery stores, as well as the Northern Store in the city. In addition, branches of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and and the Royal Bank of Canada and a TRU Hardware and Home Hardware store. Next to it is a small museum in the city, representing the history of the city.
From Hay River Airport local airport fly mostly smaller machines from several airlines offer several flights. Buffalo Airways operates scheduled connections to Yellowknife. In addition, the company offers charter flights to other cities. First Air also offers scheduled connections to Yellowknife and other cities. Northwestern Air offers scheduled connections to Edmonton and Fort Smith. Other smaller companies offer charter flights including Air Landa, Carter Air Services, Denendeh Helicopters and Remote Helicopters.
Hay River is supplied from the larger towns with media. CKHR -FM 107.3 is the only radio station in the city, which has local studios and is operated by the Hay River Community Service Society. In addition, the program, several radio stations is transferred from larger cities. The Hay River Community Service Society also ensures the television supply.
The Hub is an independent weekly newspaper, which was launched by Chris Brodeur. The chief author Patrick Teskey. In addition to Hay River, the newspaper also in Yellowknife, Enterprise, Fort Smith, Inuvik, Fort Providence, Fort Resolution and is distributed Grande Prairie.
Several telecommunications companies provide a reliable internet and telephone connection is secure. These include the provider SSI Micro and Bell Sympatico, Northwestel and NMI Mobility.
Famous people
- Brendan Green, Canadian biathlete
- Geoff Sanderson, Canadian ice hockey player