Horton Uplands

The uplands north of Great Bear Lake lead towards the Horton River and the Arctic coast. This is a country of tundra and waterways crossed by migrating caribou. Inuvialuit, Gwich’in and Sahtu Dene peoples have relied on caribou for food, clothing and tools, travelling through northern hunting grounds as the herds moved. On the north shore of Great Bear Lake, Dene place names and stories record journeys into the barrenlands.