Dunvegan, Alberta

Dunvegan (/dʌnˈveɪɡən/ dun-VAY-gən)[1] is an unincorporated community within the Municipal District of Fairview No.

It is 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of the town of Fairview on the northern bank of the Peace River at the mouth of the Hines Creek.

Highway 2 crosses the Peace River at Dunvegan on Alberta's longest vehicle suspension bridge.

[3] Fort Dunvegan was established in 1805 by North West Company fur trader Archibald Norman McLeod, who named it after Dunvegan Castle in Scotland.

[2] Today, Dunvegan Provincial Park offers tours of the restored Hudson's Bay Company Factor's House (built 1877[4]), St. Charles Church, St. Charles Rectory, and Revillon Frères Trading Post to the public during the summer months.