Fort Resolution

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Fort Resolution (Deninoo Kue "moose island") is a "settlement corporation" in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The community is situated at the mouth of the Slave River, on the shore of Great Slave Lake, and at the end of Fort Resolution Highway (Highway 6).

It is the oldest documented community in the Northwest Territory, and was a key link in the fur trade's water route north. Fort Resolution is designated as a national historic site, due to its importance to aboriginal culture and fur trade history.

Population is 484 according to the 2006 Census. The majority of townspeople are of Dene or Métis descent. The predominant languages are English, Chipewyan and Michif. In 2009 the Government of the Northwest Territories reported that the population was 506 with an average yearly growth rate of 0.9 from 1996.

Fort Resolution features "Deninu School", offering schooling for children K-12. The town also has a hockey arena, community hall, nursing station, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, bed and breakfast, a 'Northern' general store with a "Quick-Stop" convenience store and two gas stations. A small airport, Fort Resolution Airport, services charter and medivac flights only. The oldest building in town is the historic Roman Catholic Church, built in the early 19th century. A second, Protestant, church offers an alternative worship option. The beach along Great Slave Lake is a prime spot for summer swimming, bird watching or relaxing. Local people engage in fishing, moose hunting, and trapping of ptarmigan and rabbit year-round.

The nearby site of Pine Point was once a thriving lead mine. When the value of lead plummeted in the 1980s, the mine closed, and the township was evacuated. Pine Point houses were sold for $1 apiece, and many of the buildings were then moved to Fort Resolution, or to Hay River.