Sambaa K'e ( Slavey language: "place of trout"; formerly Trout Lake) is a "Designated Authority" in the

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of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The community is located near the

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border, east of

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, 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 (

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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
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Demographics

In the

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conducted by Statistics Canada, 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

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and 45 report South Slavey as a

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First Nations

The

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of the community are represented by the Sambaa K'e First Nation and belong to the

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Services

The community has a small general store and a

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and no

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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
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, and in the summer

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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