5-720: Fort Liard / l i ˈ ɑːr d / ( Slavey language : Echaot'l Koe "people from the land of the giants" or Acho Dene Kue ) is a hamlet in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories , Canada. It is located 37 km (23 mi) north of the British Columbia border. It became accessible by road in 1984 with the completion of the Liard Highway (Northwest Territories Highway 7 and British Columbia Highway 77). The Hamlet of Fort Liard
10-523: A land area of 67.61 km (26.10 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.9/km (17.9/sq mi) in 2021. In the 2016 Census the majority of the population, 445 people out of a total of 500, were Indigenous , either First Nations or Métis . The Dene of the community are represented by the Acho Dene Koe Band and the Métis by Fort Liard Metis Local 67 . Both groups belong to
15-405: Is a fuel centre that sells gasoline, diesel fuel, propane, emergency survival kits and convenience items. There is also a traditional craft store which sells locally made craft items. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Fort Liard had a population of 468 living in 170 of its 209 total private dwellings, a change of -6.4% from its 2016 population of 500 . With
20-408: Is served by two general merchandise stores: The General Store and The North West Company store. The K-12 community school, "Echo Dene School", has a student population of about 150. It also has a community health centre with four nurses, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment with four members, and a recreation centre, including a swimming pool, skating rink, youth centre and multi-court. There
25-509: The Deh Cho First Nations Tribal Council . Fort Liard has a borderline humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfb ), just above a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc ), characterized by extreme variation of temperatures between seasons. Temperatures can be warm in the summer, and cold in the winter. Fort Liard has an average frost free period of around 120 days, one of
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