Mackenzie Uplands

Forested uplands lie between the Mackenzie River and the northern shores of Great Bear Lake. Lakes and tributaries interrupt the low hills, forming part of the country through which Sahtu Dene families travelled to hunt and fish. Colville Lake to the north was known as K’áhbamítúé, “Ptarmigan Net Lake,” for the birds caught in the willows beside its water. Routes through the region linked such fishing places with the great Mackenzie valley.