Editing Fort Simpson (section)

==History==
Fort Simpson was first started as a [[fur trade|fur trading]] site in 1803 then named Fort of the Forks. The Village of Fort Simpson was a permanent settlement in July 1822 when the [[Hudson's Bay Company]] constructed a [[trading post]], naming it for [[George Simpson (HBC administrator)|George Simpson]], then the [[Governor]] of [[Rupert's Land]]. Until 1910 Fort Simpson was "a company town", with some participation by the Anglican and Roman Catholic Missions. The Dené know it as ''Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́'', meaning ''the place where the rivers come together''.<ref>[http://www.fortsimpson.com/history.html Fort Simpson Historical Society] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917235437/http://www.fortsimpson.com/history.html |date=2008-09-17 }}</ref> It was designated a [[National Historic Sites of Canada|National Historic Site of Canada]] in 1969.<ref>{{DFHD|327|Fort Simpson National Historic Site of Canada|11 October 2013}}</ref>

[[Pope John Paul II]] attempted to visit the community in September 1984 as part of his Canadian tour, but was prevented from landing due to fog; in an address over the radio from [[Yellowknife]], he promised to visit in the future. He did so in September 1987 near the end of the tour of the United States, making a side trip to Fort Simpson.