Inuit Lakes

East of the lower Mackenzie, a chain of lakes and trails leads toward Travaillant Lake, an important fishing place for the Gwichya Gwich’in. The Travaillant River links the lake country with the Mackenzie, and the mouth of the river marks a trailhead used to reach the lake. At Teelaii, near its northern end, people gathered in autumn to catch whitefish and sometimes stayed well into winter.