Fort McKay Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
hamlet in Alberta, Canada
About Fort McKay
This page covers a large but sparsely-populated rural area on the Athabasca River north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. Most of this territory is First Nations reserve land which belongs to the Fort McKay First Nation. Its members are of Cree and Dene heritage. The economy is centred on the development of the Athabasca oil sands to the immediate south and north. Motorists travelling north on Highway 63 pass through oil sands developments en route to the community. The community was named in 1912 after Dr. Williams Morrison MacKay, the first president of the Northern Alberta Medical Association. At the request of the Fort McKay Métis Community, the name of the hamlet was changed to Fort McKay in 2018. Fort McKay hosted 5000 evacuees from the 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire but itself was put under a
Where to Stay in Fort McKay
- 🏨Barge Landing Lodge
- 🏨Creeburn Lake Lodge
- 🏨Grey Wolf Lodge
Fort McKay Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 10 sections including: