Fort Liard is in the Territories' southwest corner. Prior to 1807, the Northwest Company founded a post
that was taken over by Hudson's Bay Co in 1821 when both companies merged. The opening of the
Liard Highway in the early 1980s put the quiet village on the map. The community is characterized
by lush growth and a relatively mild climate, despite it's nothern location. Hence it's nickname
"the tropics of the north".