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Gamèti Rae Lakes Gamèti
—  Tlicho Community Government  —
Coordinates: 64°06′44″N 117°21′13″W / 64.112222°N 117.353611°W / 64.112222; -117.353611
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]

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.

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.

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]

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]

References

1. ^ Listed under "Rae Lakes (Gameti)" by Northwestel
2. ^ Community Governance Data List
3. ^ ^{a b} 2006 Canada Census
4. ^ ^{a b} Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre - official names
5. ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 7 May 2009 to 0901Z 2 July 2009
6. ^ Differences in Community Government Structures
7. ^ ^{a b} Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Gameti profile
8. ^ Gamèti at the GNWT
9. ^ Nortwestel
10. ^ Government of the NWT news release on land claims signing

Further reading

External links

• Municipal Affairs and Community Administration profile

Subdivisions of the Northwest Territories Census divisions Fort Smith · Inuvik Dehcho Region Fort Liard · Fort Providence · Fort Simpson · Jean Marie River · Kakisa · Nahanni Butte · Trout Lake · Wrigley Inuvik Region Aklavik · Fort McPherson · Inuvik · Paulatuk · Sachs Harbour · Tsiigehtchic · Tuktoyaktuk · Ulukhaktok North Slave Region Behchoko · Dettah · Gamèti · N'Dilo · Wekweeti · Whatì · Yellowknife Sahtu Region Colville Lake · Deline · Fort Good Hope · Norman Wells · Tulita South Slave Region Enterprise · Fort Resolution · Fort Smith · Hay River Reserve · Hay River · Lutselk'e

Coordinates: 64°06′44″N 117°21′13″W / 64.11222°N 117.35361°W / 64.11222; -117.35361