Inuvialuit Uplands

These uplands rise near the meeting of the Arctic Red and Mackenzie rivers, where broad lowlands and plateaus are cut by river valleys. The Gwichya Gwich’in followed the Arctic Red River on seasonal journeys to hunt caribou and Dall sheep. Its mouth was a fishing place and a gathering point for trade with neighbouring peoples. In 1789 Alexander Mackenzie stopped at a fishing camp near Nagle Creek while travelling through Gwichya Gwich’in country.