Sambaa K'e
(
Slavey language: "place of trout"; formerly Trout Lake) is a "Designated Authority" in the
Dehcho Region
The Dehcho Region or ''Deh Cho'' is one of five administrative regions in the Northwest Territories of Canada. According to Municipal and Community Affairs the region consists of six communities with the regional office situated in Fort Simpson. A ...
of the
Northwest Territories, Canada. The community is located near the
Alberta
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border, east of
Fort Liard
Fort Liard (Slavey language: ''Echaot'l Koe'' "people from the land of the giants" or ''Acho Dene Kue'') is a hamlet in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is located north of the British Columbia border. It became acces ...
, on the shore of the lake also known as
Sambaa K'e. It has no all-weather road, but can be reached by winter road early in the year or by air (
Sambaa K'e Aerodrome
Sambaa Kʼe Aerodrome is located adjacent to Sambaa Kʼe, Northwest Territories, Canada
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) year-round.
On June 21, 2016, the settlement officially changed its name from "Trout Lake" to "Sambaa K'e", its name in the Slavey language, meaning "place of trout".
[Trout Lake, N.W.T., changes its name to Sambaa K'e](_blank)
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Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...
, Sambaa K’e had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
The majority of its 2016 population (80 people) are First Nations
First Nations or first peoples may refer to:
* Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area.
Indigenous groups
*First Nations is commonly used to describe some Indigenous groups including:
**First Natio ...
and 45 report South Slavey as a first language
A first language, native tongue, native language, mother tongue or L1 is the first language or dialect that a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period. In some countries, the term ''native language'' or ''mother tongu ...
.
First Nations
The Dene
The Dene people () are an indigenous group of First Nations who inhabit the northern boreal and Arctic regions of Canada. The Dene speak Northern Athabaskan languages. ''Dene'' is the common Athabaskan word for "people". The term "Dene" ha ...
of the community are represented by the Sambaa K'e First Nation
The Sambaa Kʼe First Nation is a Dene First Nations in Canada, First Nations band government in the Northwest Territories. The band is headquartered in the community of Sambaa Kʼe, formerly Trout Lake.
The Sambaa Kʼe First Nation is a member o ...
and belong to the Dehcho First Nations
The Dehcho First Nations is a tribal council representing the Dene (South Slavey) and Métis people of the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is made up of ten First Nations bands and two Métis Locals.
Membership
The Deh C ...
.
Services
The community has a small general store and a health centre
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and no RCMP
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. Canada Post mail arrives weekly by charter plane. Residents can order books, movies and CDs through the Borrow by Mail program offered by the NWT Public Library Services.Borrow-By-Mail
/ref> There is a small airport, Sambaa K'e Aerodrome
Sambaa Kʼe Aerodrome is located adjacent to Sambaa Kʼe, Northwest Territories, Canada
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, and in the summer Trout Lake Water Aerodrome
Trout Lake Water Aerodrome , located on Sambaa Kʼe, formerly Trout Lake, Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West ...
is in operation.
The community runs the Sambaa K'e Fishing Lodge, an authentic northern fishing experience, in the summer months.
References
External links
Sambaa K'e proposed protected area
{{Communities of Northwest Territories
Communities in the Dehcho Region
Dene communities
Hudson's Bay Company trading posts
Road-inaccessible communities of the Northwest Territories