Colville Lakes

K’áhbamítúé, known in English as Colville Lake, lies in the northern Sahtu country. Its Dene name means “Ptarmigan Net Lake,” recalling the birds caught among the willows beside the water. The lake was an important fishing place and formed part of the hunting and trapping grounds of the Duhta Got’ine. The surrounding forests and lakes belong to a landscape of seasonal travel between the Mackenzie River and the country north of Great Bear Lake.