The first school built in the North-West Territories was for children from which area?

• A. Fort McMurray
• B. Fort Smith
• C. Fort Vancouver
• D. Fort Edmonton

Answer: (D)

The earliest schools in the Northwest Territories were established where the first settlements and trade posts stood, because that’s where families and Indigenous communities gathered. Fort Edmonton was the region’s major hub in its early days, attracting workers’ families and nearby communities. A school built there served the children living in and around the fort, making Fort Edmonton the site of the first school in the territory. Fort Vancouver is far outside the area, and Fort McMurray and Fort Smith were not the initial centers of settlement that prompted the first school.