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Dunvegan is an unincorporated community within the Municipal District of Fairview No. 136 in northern Alberta, Canada. It is located south of the town of Fairview on the northern bank of the Peace River at the mouth of the Dunvegan Creek. Highway 2 crosses the Peace River at Dunvegan on Alberta's longest vehicle suspension bridge.〔Zuehlke,Mark. ''The Alberta Fact Book: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Alberta.'' Whitecap Books. 1997〕 The Dunvegan Formation was named for this community. ==History== The area was inhabited by the Beaver (Dunne-za) First Nation. The first European explorers arrived in the late 18th century.〔Francis, Daniel and Michael Payne. ''A Narrative History of Fort Dunvegan.'' Watson and Dwyer. 1993.〕 Fort Dunvegan was established in 1805 by North West Company fur trader Archibald Norman McLeod, who named it after Dunvegan Castle in Scotland.〔 Today, Dunvegan Provincial Park offers tours of the restored Hudson's Bay Company Factor's House (built 1877), St. Charles Church, St. Charles Rectory, and Revillon Freres Trading Post to the public during the summer months. A campground is also located onsite.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Historic Dunvegan Provincial Park )〕 The fort is designated as a historic site by Parks Canada. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dunvegan, Alberta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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