Fort Liard /liˈɑːrd/ (Slavey language: Echaot'l Koe[pronunciation?]

"people from the land of the giants" or Acho Dene Kue) is a hamlet in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada.

[2] In the 2016 Census the majority of the population, 445 people out of a total of 500, were Indigenous, either First Nations or Métis.

Fort Liard has an average frost free period of around 120 days,[19] one of the longest in the territory.

The highest temperature ever recorded in Fort Liard was 35.2 °C (95.4 °F) on 13 July 2014 and 27 June 2021.