Gamèti, Northwest Territories
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| Gamèti Rae Lakes   Gamèti
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| — Tlicho Community Government — | |
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| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Northwest Territories |
| Region | North Slave Region |
| Constituency | Monfwi |
| Census division | Fort Smith Region, Northwest Territories |
| Incorporated | 4 August 2005 |
| Government | |
| - Chief | Henry Gon |
| - Senior Administrative Officer | Annette Hastie |
| - MLA | Jackson Lafferty |
| Area | |
| - Land | 9.18 km² (3.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 220 m (722 ft) |
| Population | |
| - Total | 283 |
| - Density | 30.8/km² (79.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) |
| - Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| Canadian Postal code | X0E 1R0 |
| Area code(s) | 867 |
| Telephone exchange | 997[1] |
| Sources: Community Governance Data List[2] 2006 Canada Census[3], Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre[4], Canada Flight Supplement[5] |
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Gamètì (formerly known as Rae Lakes until 4 August 2005), officially the Tlicho Community Government of Gameti[6] is a community in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada.
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[edit] Name
Gamètì, which according to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories means "Gamè's place",[7] and refers to the last name of the first elder to settle at the location, which is almost halfway between Great Slave Lake and Great Bear Lake.
However, according to the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre it means "rabbit-net lake".[4] 'Gamè' means 'rabbit', and 'tì' means lake, or water.
[edit] Demographics
Population is 283 according to the 2006 Census and all residents are listed as being First Nations.[3] Local languages are Tlicho and English.[7]
[edit] Community
The community, which is served by the Gamètì/Rae Lakes Airport, does not have all-weather road access, but an ice road is sometimes built in the winter. There is a daycare in the Gamètì and the Jean Wetrade School that provides education up to grade 9 along with a community learning centre. Other services include a post office, a health centre, with one nurse and the Rae Lakes General Store.[8][9]
It is one of the four Tli Cho communities which form part of the Tlicho Government.[10]
[edit] References
- ^ Listed under "Rae Lakes (Gameti)" by Northwestel
- ^ Community Governance Data List
- ^ a b 2006 Canada Census
- ^ a b Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre - official names
- ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 10 April 2008 to 0901Z 5 June 2008
- ^ Differences in Community Government Structures
- ^ a b Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Gameti profile
- ^ Gamèti at the GNWT
- ^ Nortwestel
- ^ Government of the NWT news release on land claims signing
[edit] 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.
