Colville Lake, Northwest Territories
Colville Lake (K'áhbamį́túé meaning "ptarmigan net place") is a settlement corporation located in the Sahtu Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The community is located 50 km (31 mi) north of the Arctic Circle, on a lake of the same name, and is northeast of Norman Wells. This settlement is the administrative office of the Behdzi Ahda band government. The community is likely named for Hudson's Bay Company Governor Andrew Colvile.
Colville Lake
K'áhbamį́túé | |
|---|---|
Settlement Corporation | |
Colville Lake Colville Lake | |
| Coordinates: 67°02′18″N 126°05′32″W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Northwest Territories |
| Region | Sahtu |
| Settlement area | Sahtu |
| Constituency | Sahtu |
| First Nation (Designated Authority) | 30 November 1995 |
| Government | |
| • Chief | Wilbert Kochon |
| • Senior Administrative Officer | Joseph Kochon |
| • MLA | Norman Yakeleya |
| Area | |
| • Land | 128.39 km2 (49.57 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 259 m (850 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 129 |
| • Density | 1.0/km2 (3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| Canadian Postal code | X0E 1L0 |
| Area code | 867 |
| Telephone exchange | 709 |
| - Living cost | 182.5A |
| - Food price index | 196.3B |
| Sources: Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Canada Flight Supplement ^A 2013 figure based on Edmonton = 100 ^B 2015 figure based on Yellowknife = 100 | |
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