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Looking into the transportation means to/from Fort Chip {References need to be updated}
editAir
editThe hamlet is served by the Fort Chipewyan Airport, opened on June 18, 1966.[1] Air is one of two methods of access to Fort Chipewyan in the summer [2].
Water
editIn the summer, the hamlet also can be accessed by boat [2] from Fort McMurray via the Athabasca River.
Road
editThere are no all-weather roads to Fort Chipewyan [3], but it can be reached via winter roads in the winter.[4] These include roads from Fort Smith to the north and from Fort McMurray to the south. In June 1998, and as part of the Northwestern Canadian Integrated Road Network Plan, the Alberta government conducted studies on all-weather road access by extending the existing Highway 63 from Fort McMurray [5]. However, as of 2008 Highway 63 has been extended from Fort McMurray to Syncrude there with no plans on extending it further to Fort Chipewyan [5]. In December 2005, one-third of Fort Chipewyan's residents signed a petition to request the government to build a 50 km (31 mi) all-weather road to connect with existing roads to the northwest that provide access to Fort Smith, Northwest Territories.[citation needed] The major expenditure would be a bridge over the Slave River.
- ^ Ft. Chipewyan Bicentennial Museum, 2013,
- ^ a b "Fort Chipewyan". Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Parks Canada". Parks Canada.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Fort Chipewyan Winter Road". Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|deadurl=(help) - ^ a b "Northern Highways Strategy" (PDF). Northern Alberta Development Council. Northern Alberta Development Council. October 2008.
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