Behchoko, Northwest Territories

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Behchoko, Northwest Territories, (Tli Cho) formerly Rae-Edzo was established 1 December 2005 and merged the communities of Rae (after John Rae) and Edzo, which are four miles apart by air and eleven miles apart driving distance. Behchoko is located on the Great Slave Highway, NWT Highway 3, on the northwest tip of Great Slave Lake, approximately 80 km northwest of Yellowknife.

Population is 1,552 according to the 2001 Census.

One of the four Tli Cho communities, it is the largest Dene community in Canada, and was the site of the signing of the Tli Cho land claim agreement.

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