Administrative region in Northwest Territories, Canada
Sahtu Region
Administrative region
Norman Range and Kelly Lake
Norman Wells
Fort Good Hope
Tulita
Deline
Colville Lake
Location within the Northwest Territories
Country
Canada
Territory
Northwest Territories
Territorial riding
Sahtu
Settlement area
Sahtu
Regional office[1]
Norman Wells
Population
(2016)
• Total
2,554
Time zone
UTC−07:00 (MST)
• Summer (DST)
UTC−06:00 (DST)
The Sahtu Region is an administrative region in Canada's Northwest Territories. Coterminous with the settlement region described in the 1993 Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement, 41,437 km2 (15,999 sq mi) of the Sahtu is collectively owned by its Indigenous Sahtu (Dene) and Métis inhabitants. Although the region's population is predominantly First Nations, a significant non-Indigenous presence exists in Norman Wells, the regional office,[1] established in 1920 to serve the only producing oilfield in the Canadian Territories. Considered to be of vital strategic importance during World War II in the event of a Japanese invasion of Alaska, the region's petroleum resources were exploited by the United States Army with the Canol pipeline, but the project never became necessary and ultimately operated for less than one year.
Since the abandonment of the Canol project, development within the region has been more limited than in the rest of the territory. Although plans have long existed for pipelines and highways to parallel the Mackenzie River through the Sahtu en route to the Arctic Ocean, the landmark Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry recommended that a moratorium be placed on construction until local Indigenous land claims could be settled. To this day, no all-weather roads connect the Sahtu with the rest of Canada, and the contiguous North American pipeline network finds its northernmost terminus at Norman Wells, which was connected to Zama City, Alberta in 1984. Ground transportation is seasonally provided by a network of winter and ice roads, while the abandoned Canol route now forms part of the Trans Canada Trail system.[3]
Souvenir of the Sahtu Region, showing the name in colloquial use, referencing N.W.A's debut studio album Straight Outta Compton.
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^Government of the Northwest Territories. "About Municipal and Community Affairs". Retrieved 2019-06-17.
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