Frog Lake, Alberta Explained

Official Name:Frog Lake
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Canada Alberta
Pushpin Label Position:none
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Frog Lake in Alberta
Pushpin Mapsize:220
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Alberta
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Northern Alberta
Subdivision Type3:Census division
Subdivision Name3:12
Subdivision Type4:Municipal district
Subdivision Name4:County of St. Paul No. 19
Government Type:Unincorporated
Timezone:MST
Utc Offset:−7
Timezone Dst:MDT
Utc Offset Dst:−6
Coordinates:53.8317°N -110.4167°W
Elevation M:593
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:T0A 1M0
Area Code:+1-780
Blank Name:Highways
Blank Info:Highway 897
Blank1 Name:Waterways
Blank1 Info:Frog Lake

Frog Lake is a Cree community of the Frog Lake First Nation approximately 207km (129miles) east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is located 11km (07miles) northeast of the Hamlet of Heinsburg and 13km (08miles) southwest of the Fishing Lake Metis Settlement.

Frog Lake has 2,454 band members as of August, 2007. Frog Lake has a reserve population of approximately 1,000 residing on-reserve.[1]

History

Frog Lake was the scene of the Frog Lake Massacre of which nine white men were killed by Cree Indigenous people on April 2, 1885 in the course of the North-West Rebellion.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://educationcanada.com/browse.phtml?sid=ab&eid=499&a=eip&lang=eng Frog Lake population
  2. http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/QuebecHistory/encyclopedia/North-WestRebellion-CanadianHistory.htm W. Stewart WALLACE, ed.