Kwächä̀l kwäch'ǟn

Shadhäla, known in English as Champagne, lies on the Dezadeash River in Southern Tutchone country. Long before a trading post was built, it was a meeting place for people travelling between the coast and the interior. Tlingit and Tutchone visitors came from settlements to the south and lakes to the north to exchange goods and renew connections. Family ties and trade joined the communities of this broad mountain and river country.