Native Communications Society of the Northwest Territoriesįirst Nations community radio rebroadcaster of CKLB-FM ( Yellowknife)ĬKHR-FM 107.3 is a community radio station in Hay River, and the only station in Hay River to maintain local studios it is owned and operated by the Hay River Community Service Society. The religious diversity in Hay River exceeds the outward appearance given by these services.ĭog sledding at the Hay River Winter Carnival Radio Frequency There is also an Anglican church that was destroyed in the 2008 Hay River ice breakup. On the Katl'odeeche First Nations Reserve there are a small Catholic church, and a larger Pentecostal church. There is also a Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall along the highway coming into town. Religious services include a Catholic church, an Anglican/Grace United church, a Baptist church, a Pentecostal church, and a Community Fellowship within New Town. Other companies offering charter services in Hay River include Landa Air, Carter Air Services ( fixed-wing aircraft), Denendeh Helicopters and Remote Helicopters. Northwestern Air also offers scheduled service to Edmonton and Fort Smith. First Air provides scheduled services to Yellowknife with connections elsewhere. There is also a museum detailing the history of Hay River and the Hudson's Bay Company in Old Town.Īirlines servicing Hay River include the locally based Buffalo Airways, who provide scheduled flights to Yellowknife as well as charter services and a courier service throughout the north. There are two grocery stores in Hay River, including the Northern Store, branches of both the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and the Royal Bank of Canada and a Home Hardware. The RCMP detachment has eight members and the South Mackenzie Correctional Centre is located here. Williams Memorial Hospital, a woman's shelter/transition house, a dental clinic and an ambulance service.
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The community has a full hospital, the H.H. In 1978, Hay River, along with the now-abandoned Pine Point, hosted the fifth Arctic Winter Games. The Alaska Railroad is located farther north but is orphaned from the network. The railway, through Canadian National Railway in Edmonton, makes Hay River the northernmost point in Canada, and all of North America, which is connected to the continental railway system. īy 1964, as part of the Pine Point Mine development, the Mackenzie Northern Railway was constructed.
As a response, the town was moved to the new location upstream. In 1964, Vale Island, the historical location of the town, was severely flooded. Today the base is the major staging point for the annual sealift along the Mackenzie River, via Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk and the communities of the Arctic Ocean, as far east as Taloyoak, Nunavut and west to Utqiagvik, Alaska. In 1959, the Northern Transportation Company Limited located their main base in Hay River and over the years developed the facilities. In 1949, the community organized its first community government, forming an Administrative District under the direction of the Government of Canada, run by a trustee board with two elected members, two appointed members, and a chairman. The settlement's role as terminus of all-season trucking, and the establishment of a commercial fishing industry, started an economic boom. In 1948 the Government of Canada built a gravel road, now the Mackenzie Highway, from Grimshaw, Alberta to Hay River, making it the first community in the NWT to be linked with southern Canada. Ī school, health centre and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police followed, and as part of the Canol Road project the United States Army Corps of Engineers built a runway on Vale Island in the Hay River delta. This was followed in 1893 by the Anglican Mission, at the request of Chief Chiatlo in 1893 with the Roman Catholic Mission and the Hudson's Bay Company arriving later. This first settlement was established by Chief Chiatlo and a group of people by the building of log cabins and bringing dairy cows. However, according to the history of the area provided by the town, the first permanent settlement in the area of Hay River was established in what is now the Katl'odeeche First Nation or Hay River Reserve. Īccording to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories the first buildings were those of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1868 followed by a Roman Catholic Mission in 1869 and an Anglican Mission in 1894. The area has been in use by First Nations, known as the Long Spear people, as far back as 7000 BC.
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