Hay River, Northwest Territories
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Hay River Xátł'odehchee |
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| Motto: Hub of the North | |
 Hay River
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| Coordinates: 60°49′59″N 115°46′40″W / 60.83306°N 115.77778°WCoordinates: 60°49′59″N 115°46′40″W / 60.83306°N 115.77778°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Northwest Territories |
| Region | South Slave Region |
| Constituency |
Hay River North Hay River South |
| Census division | Region 5 |
| Incorporated (town) | 27 June 1963 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Brad Mapes |
| • Town Manager | David Steele |
| • MLA | Robert Bouchard (North) |
| • MLA | Jane Groenewegen (South) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 133.15 km2 (51.41 sq mi) |
| • Population centre | 3.59 km2 (1.39 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 165 m (541 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 3,606 |
| • Density | 27.1/km2 (70/sq mi) |
| • Population centre | 2,806 |
| • Population centre density | 781.4/km2 (2,024/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC−7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−6) |
| Canadian Postal code | X0E 0R0 - 0R9/1G1 - 1G5 |
| Area code(s) | 867 |
| Telephone exchange | 874/5 |
| - Living cost | 127.5 |
| - Food price index | 111.0 |
| Climate | Dfc |
| Website | www.hayriver.com |
| Sources: Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Canada Flight Supplement ^A 2009 figure based on Edmonton = 100 ^B 2010 figure based on Yellowknife = 100 |
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Hay River (Xátł’odehchee /xátɬ’odɛhtʃʰe/), known as "the Hub of the North," is a town in the Northwest Territories, Canada, located on the south shore of Great Slave Lake, at the mouth of the Hay River. The town is separated into two sections, a new town 60°48′45″N 115°47′20″W / 60.81250°N 115.78889°W and an old town 60°51′13″N 115°44′19″W / 60.85361°N 115.73861°W with the Hay River/Merlyn Carter Airport between them. The town is in the South Slave Region, and along with Fort Smith is one of the two regional centres.
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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