Turili

Turíli is a Dene name for the southeastern arm of Sahtú, Great Bear Lake, known in English as McVicar Arm. The long bay and its shores belong to the homeland of the Bear Lake Dene, who travelled around the lake to fish and hunt. In 1826 John Richardson surveyed Great Bear Lake during Franklin’s northern expedition. The expedition’s winter quarters lay farther west near the lake’s outlet, beside an important Dene fishery.