Wekweti

Community Name: Wekweti (rock lake)
Former Name: Snare Lake
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 Charlie Football 
                             Dechi Laot'I Council
                             PO. Box 69
                             Wekweti, NT  X0E 1W0
                             Phone:  867-713-2010
                             e-mail: xdechi@ssimicro.com

Location:  Wekweti is located at 64'116'N latitude and 114'116'W longitude, 195 air km north of Yellowknife.

Population:  137 (NWT Bureau of Statistics, 2010)

Languages:  Tlicho, English

Access:  The community is accessible by air from Yellowknife year round (twice weekly) however during freeze-up and break-up the community is virtually inaccessible.

History:  The name of this community changed in 1999. The community was not a permanent community until 1962 and prior to that, it was an outpost hunting camp. Today hunting, fishing and trapping are the major economic activities in the area.