Gameti

Community Name:            Gameti
Former Name:                    Rae Lakes
Land Claim Area:            Tlicho
Electoral District:               Monfwi
Member of the Legislative Assembly:  Jackson Lafferty
Member of Parliament:    Dennis Bevington
Senator:                            Nick G. Sibbeston
Community Leader:    Chief Henry Gon 
                                    Gameti First Nation
                                    P.O. Box 1
                                    Gameti, NT  X0E 1R0
                                    Phone:  867- 997-3441

Location:  Gameti is located 177 air km north-west of Yellowknife, at 64'09'N latitude and 177'20'W longitude. It is an important link in the chain of lakes which connects Great Slave to Great Bear Lakes.

Population:  297 (2004 Census)

Languages:  Tlicho, English

Access:  The community is accessible by air from Yellowknife year round and is connected by an ice road to the city in the winter.

History:  The shore of Gameti was once used by the Tlicho as a hunting camp and it wasn't until the 1970s that it became a more permanent settlement with the construction of a community hall, school, store, homes and an airstrip. Today the economy is based on domestic fishing, hunting and trapping. The traditional name of the settlement, Games Lake (pronounced Gah-May), was named for the elder who first camped there.