Behchoko, Northwest Territories

Infobox Settlement
name = Behchoko
native_name = Behchokò
other_name = Rae-EdzoLocation map polarx
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caption = Behchoko
lon_shift = 4.1
label= Behchokò
label-size=70 | lat_skew=1.2
background = #DDDD22
position=top
lat = 62.8025
long = -116.046389
mark=Green_pog.svg
marksize=6
width=250
float=right
settlement_type = Tlicho Community Government
motto =


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Canada
subdivision_type1 = Territory
subdivision_name1 = Northwest Territories
subdivision_type2 = Region
subdivision_name2 = North Slave Region
subdivision_type3 = Constituency
subdivision_name3 = Monfwi
subdivision_type4 = Census division
subdivision_name4 = Fort Smith Region, Northwest Territories
leader_title = Chief
leader_name = Leon Lafferty
leader_title1 = Senior Administrative Officer
leader_name1 = Terry Testart
leader_title2 = MLA
leader_name2 = Jackson Lafferty
established_title =
established_date =
area_land_km2 = 75.08
elevation_m = 179
latd= 62.8025
longd= -116.046389
population_total = 1894
population_density_km2 = 25.2
timezone = Mountain (MST)
utc_offset = −7
timezone_DST = MDT
utc_offset_DST = −6
postal_code_type = Canadian Postal code
postal_code = X0E 0Y0
area_code = 867
blank_name = Telephone exchange
blank_info = 392
footnotes = Sources:Community Governance Data List [http://www.maca.gov.nt.ca/governments/printpage.asp?Other=FALSE Community Governance Data List] ] ,
2006 Canada Census,
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre [http://www.pwnhc.ca/programs/downloads/OfficialCommunityNames.pdf Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre - official names] ] ,
Behchokò profile at the Legislative Assembly [ [http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/_live/pages/wpPages/mapBehchoko.aspx Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Behchokò profile] ]
Canada Flight Supplement [CFS]

Behchokò (from the Tlicho meaning "Mbehcho's place"), officially the Tlicho Community Government of Behchokò [ [http://www.maca.gov.nt.ca/resources/Differences_in_Comm_Govt_Structure.pdf Differences in Community Government Structures] ] is a community in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Behchokò is located on the Yellowknife Highway (Great Slave Highway), on the northwest tip of Great Slave Lake, approximately 80 km (50 mi) northwest of Yellowknife.

History

Formerly known as "Rae-Edzo", the name was changed 4 August 2005, with Rae at coord|62|49|43|N|116|03|08|W|type:airport|display=inline|name=Rae named after John Rae and Edzo at coord|62|46|30|N|116|02|26|W|type:airport|display=inline|Edzo named after Chief Edzo. The two are 6 km (4 mi) apart by air and 15 km (9 mi) apart by road.(In the winter, the road distance is much shorter due to the winter road across the ice of Marian Lake. The biggest names in Tli Cho history are, Bruneau, and Monfwi. The Bruneau name comes from one of the Tli Cho leaders, Chief Jimmy Bruneau, who died in 1979. There is a school in his name in Edzo, Chief Jimmy Bruneau Regional High School. Chief Monfwi, who created the Tli Cho annual assembly in 1932, but passed in 1936.

According to the 2006 Census, the population is 1,894, most of which is First Nations. [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6106031&Geo2=PR&Code2=61&Data=Count&SearchText=Behchokò&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= Canada 2006 Census] ]

One of the four Tli Cho communities, it is the largest Dene community in Canada. Behchokò was the site of the signing of the Tlicho land claim agreement that brought about the Tlicho Government. [ [http://www.gov.nt.ca/MAA/newsreleases/tlicho_land_claim.htm Government of the NWT news release on land claims signing] ]

Celebrities

Many celebrities have come through Behchoko, such as Jonathan Torrens, Shelagh Rogers, and former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.

ee also

*Rae/Edzo Airport

References

Further reading

* Northwest Territories, and BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. "Communities and Diamonds Socio-Economic Impacts in the Communities of: Behchoko, Gameti, Whati, Wekweeti, Detah, Ndilo, Lutsel K'e, and Yellowknife : 2005 Annual Report of the Government of the Northwest Territories Under the BHP Billiton, Diavik and De Beers Socio-Economic Agreements". [Yellowknife] : Govt. of the Northwest Territories, 2006.

External links

* [http://www.stats.gov.nt.ca/Infrastructure/Comm%20Sheets/Rae_Edzo.html Behchoko at the GNWT]
* [http://www.maca.gov.nt.ca/governments/communityresult.asp?ComCode=ABB Municipal Affairs and Community Administration profile]