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| Fort McPherson is a hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is located on the east bank of the Peel River and is 121 km south of Inuvik on the Dempster Highway.
Population is 776 according to the 2006 Census, a slight increase over the 2001 Census count of 761. In the 2006 Census 710 people identified as aboriginal, 440 as First Nations, 50 as Métis, 20 as Inuit or Inuvialuit, 205 giving multiple or other aboriginal reponses and 50 Non-Aboriginal.
The two principal languages spoken are Gwich'in and English. Fort McPherson is accessible by road all year from Dawson City and Whitehorse, Yukon, with the exception of spring break-up and fall freeze-up on the Peel River. The community also has access to Inuvik via the Dempster Highway and crosses the MacKenzie River at Tsiigehtchic.
Originally the site of a Hudson's Bay Company post the community was named for "Murdoch McPherson".
The Gwich’in people of Fort McPherson are very welcoming of strangers and go out of their way to make them welcome. Most people have vehicles and regulary make trips to either Inuvik, or Whitehorse.
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