Fitzgerald, Alberta

Fitzgerald Fort Fitzgerald Smith's Landing
unincorporated community
Fitzgerald Location of Fitzgerald in Alberta
Coordinates: 59°51′35″N 111°36′15″W / 59.85972°N 111.60417°W / 59.85972; -111.60417Coordinates: 59°51′35″N 111°36′15″W / 59.85972°N 111.60417°W / 59.85972; -111.60417
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Northern Alberta
Census division	16
Specialized municipality	RM of Wood Buffalo
Government
• Mayor	Don Scott
• Governing body	Wood Buffalo Municipal Council Michael Allen Krista Balsom John Bruce Inglis Sheila Lalonde Nicholas Keith McGrath Phillip John Meagher Verna Francine Murphy Jeff Peddle Jane Stroud Claris Voyageur
Elevation	200 m (700 ft)
Population (2015)
• Total	9
Time zone	MST (UTC−7)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC−6)
Postal code	T0V 1A0
Area code(s)	+1-867
Website	RM of Wood Buffalo page

Fitzgerald, also known as Fort Fitzgerald and originally Smith's Landing, is an unincorporated community in northern Alberta within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, located 15.4 kilometres (9.6 mi) south of the Northwest Territories border, and 23 kilometres (14 mi) southeast of Fort Smith.

Prior to the extension of railway service to Hay River, Northwest Territories, on Great Slave Lake, all cargo being shipped to or from the north had to be portaged from Fitzgerald to Fort Smith, to avoid four impassable rapids. The community was known as Smith's Landing until 1915 when it was renamed Fort Fitzgerald after the late Francis Joseph Fitzgerald.

Most of the community's services are provided from Fort Smith, including fire, law enforcement, health care, social services, and telecommunications. Law enforcement is part of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police 'G division' in the Northwest Territories. Since telecommunication services, including cellular and internet, are from Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, the area code is 867, although Fitzgerald is located in what would be area code 780 in Alberta.

An all-weather road, named Hay Camp Road, links Fort Smith and Hay Camp through Fitzgerald.

Fitzgerald had a population of 9 people in the 2015 Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo census. The population of the Thebathi 196 Indian Reserve in the federal 2016 census was 20, a 33.3% decrease from the 2011 census which had a population of 30.