History of Peace Point, Alberta, Canada explored and explained.

Peace Point has been occupied by boreal forest and plains over the last 7,000-8,000 years. Boreal forest surrounds the plains of northern Canada. Indigenous peoples were said to have occupied the land over the last 7,000-8,000 years. Beaver Indians were first among the indigenous tribes to have first occupied this land. Boreal forest surrounds the plains of northern Canada.

*(Ref: Mark G. Stevenson, The formation of artifact assemblages at workshop/habitation sites: models from Peace Point in northern Alberta, American Antiquity 5063-8 1, 1985)
*(Ref: Mark G. Stevenson, Window on the Past: Archaeological Assessment of the Peace
Point Site, Wood Buffalo National Park, Alberta, 1986)


Peace Point was founded by the Cree Indians in 1750. In the mid-1750s, the Cree tribe was the first among Indian tribes of Canada to obtain access to firearms. The Cree tribe displaced the Beaver Indians to the northwest.

By 1760, the western front of Cree expansion eventually pushed the Danezaa people to the north and west. This led to what was called The Cree-Danezaa conflicts. The Cree-Danezaa conflicts lasted for 2 decades until the smallpox epidemic in 1781 decimated the Cree Indian Tribe in the region. The Cree Tribe displaced the Beaver Indians.

The Cree-Danezaa conflicts were resolved with a peace treaty in 1782, a year after the smallpox epidemic in 1781 wiped out nearly the entire population of the Danezaa people and Cree tribe. The peace treat was ratified in the same year. A peace pipe ceremony was held at Peace Point. Peace Point was the site of a peace agreement between the Cree and Chipewyan in 1784.

Peace River served as a boundary for both indigenous Indian tribes. The river became the boundary with the Danezaa tribe on the left bank (to the north and west) and the Cree tribe on the right bank (the south and east). Peace River served as a cultural boundary between the two indigenous tribes.

Much controversy has arisen over the displacement of aboriginal groups from their traditional territories at the outset of the fur trade during the 18th century. This never has been resolved.

A man named Alexander Mackenzie set foot on in Peace Point while making a stop while traveling westwards towards the Yukon River on the date of October 12, 1792. Alexander Mackenzie came from Scotland, United Kingdom of Great Britain. Alexander Mackenzie's overnight stop was on the date of October 13, 1792.

*(Ref: Mark G. Stevenson, Window on the Past: Archaeological Assessment of the Peace
Point Site, Wood Buffalo National Park, Alberta, 1986)

People from Fort Chipewyan brought their horses to Peace Point to graze upon its extensive prairie in the 18th century. Most of these people emigrated from Scotland and England during the 18th century to Fort Chipewyan. From here they migrated to Peace Point.


More people and settlers from Scotland came from Fort Chipewyan during the 19th century. The population of Peace Point began shrinking in the 20th century. The settlement had a population of 200 at one point.

By the beginning of the 21st century, less than 20 people were living in the small settlement of Peace Point. Industry Canada shows that Peace Point had a total population of 15 people in 2001 within the rural area. 15 people were living within 6 dwellings in where they reside.
(Ref: Industry Canada, 2001)

Today in the 21st century, Peace Point is an unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada within Wood Buffalo National Park. Peace Point is a historical settlement with historic value. Many still speak the Cree language.