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{{Short description|Town in Saskatchewan, Canada}} {{For|the surrounding rural municipality|Rural Municipality of North Qu'Appelle No. 187}} {{Use Canadian English|date=November 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Fort Qu'Appelle |official_name = Town of Fort Qu'Appelle |other_name = |settlement_type = [[List of towns in Saskatchewan|Town]] |image_skyline = FortQu'AppelleHBC.JPG |imagesize = |image_caption = 1897 [[Hudson's Bay Company]] store in Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |nickname = "the Fort" |motto = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = Location of Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |pushpin_map = Saskatchewan#Canada |pushpin_label_position = none |pushpin_mapsize =200 |pushpin_map_caption = Location of Fort Qu'Appelle |coordinates = {{coord|50|45|56|N|103|47|25|W|region:CA-SK_source:http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HACDD|display=inline,title}} |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Canada |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]] |subdivision_type2 = [[List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan|Rural Municipality]] |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name1 = [[Saskatchewan]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Rural Municipality of North Qu'Appelle No. 187|North Qu'Appelle]] |subdivision_name3 = |established_title = Post office Founded |established_date = 1880 |established_title2 = Incorporated (town) |established_date2 = 1951 |established_title3 = |established_date3 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = Governing body |leader_name = Fort Qu'Appelle Town Council |leader_title1 = Mayor |leader_name1 = Brian Strong<ref>[http://www.fortquappelle.com/town-office/council-staff Council & Staff]</ref> |unit_pref =<!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 5.28 |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_km2 = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_km2 = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use<ref></ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |population_total = 1,919 |population_as_of = 2006 |population_footnotes = |population_density_km2 = 363.2 |population_density_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = |population_note = |postal_code_type = [[Postal code]] |postal_code = S0G 1S0 |area_code = 306 |website = [http://www.fortquappelle.com/ Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan] |footnotes = {{Designation list |embed=yes |designation1=NHSC |designation1_offname=Fort Qu'Appelle National Historic Site of Canada |designation1_date=1953 }} |city_logo = |citylogo_size = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |leader_title2 = Administrator |leader_name2 = Don R. McLeod |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |timezone = [[Central Standard Time|CST]] |utc_offset = -06:00 |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = Waterways |blank1_info = Qu'Appelle River }} '''Fort Qu'Appelle''' ({{IPAc-en|k|Ι|Λ|p|Ι|l}}) is a town in the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Saskatchewan]] located in the [[Qu'Appelle River]] valley {{convert|70|km|abbr=on}} north-east of [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]], between [[Echo Lake (Saskatchewan)|Echo]] and [[Mission Lake]]s of the [[Fishing Lakes]].<ref name=McLennan>{{cite encyclopedia|last=McLennan|first=David|title=Fort Qu'Appelle|url=http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/fort_quappelle.html|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan|access-date=18 June 2012}}</ref> It is not to be confused with the once-significant nearby town of [[Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan|Qu'Appelle]]. It was originally established in 1864 as a [[Hudson's Bay Company]] [[trading post]]. Fort Qu'Appelle, with its 1,919 residents in 2006, is at the junction of [[Saskatchewan Highway 35|Highway 35]], [[Saskatchewan Highway 10|Highway 10]], [[Saskatchewan Highway 22|Highway 22]], [[Saskatchewan Highway 56|Highway 56]], and Highway 215.<ref name="google">{{Cite web | title =Fort Qu'Appelle, SK | publisher = Google Maps | url =http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=Fort+Qu'Appelle&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=50.762522,-103.796082&spn=1.221319,2.570801&z=9&iwloc=addr | access-date = 12 August 2007 }}</ref> The 1897 Hudson's Bay Company store, 1911 [[Grand Trunk Pacific Railway]] station, Fort Qu'Appelle Sanatorium ([[Fort San, Saskatchewan|Fort San]]), and the [[Treaty 4]] Governance Centre in the shape of a [[Tipi|teepee]] are all landmarks of this community.<ref name="fortQ">{{cite encyclopedia | last = McLennan | first = David | title =Fort Qu'Appelle | encyclopedia =The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan | publisher = CANADIAN PLAINS RESEARCH CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA | year = 2006 | url = http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/fort_quappelle.html | access-date = 15 April 2008}}</ref> Additionally, the Noel Pinay sculpture of a man praying commemorates a burial ground, is a life-sized statue in a park beside Segwun Avenue.<ref name="large">{{cite web |last = Redekopp |first = Dale |title = Praying Indian Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan |publisher = LARGE CANADIAN ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS |date = 1999β2006 |url = http://www.roadsideattractions.ca/prayingindian.htm |access-date = 15 February 2008 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071109190702/http://www.roadsideattractions.ca/prayingindian.htm |archive-date = 9 November 2007 }}</ref>
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