Wekweeti, Northwest Territories

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Wekweeti ("rock lakes") or Wekweètì, also officially spelt Wekweti until 1 December 2005, and formerly known as Snare Lake until 1 November 1998, is a Tli Cho (Dogrib Dene) aboriginal community of is located 195 km north of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It has no road access, but it is the closest community to the Ekati Diamond Mine on the border with Nunavut.

Population is 131 according to the 2001 Census.

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