Wrigley

Community Name: Wrigley
Traditional/Former Name: Tthedzeh Koe (clay place)
Land Claim Area: Deh Cho
Electoral District: Nahendeh
Member: Kevin Menicoche
Member of Parliament: Dennis Bevington
Senator: Nick G. Sibbeston
Community Leader: Chief Tim Lennie
                              Pehdzeh Ki Dene Council
                              General Delivery 
                              Wrigley, NT  X0E 1E0
                              Phone:  867-581-3321

Location:  Wrigley is located at 63'14'N latitude and 123'28'W longitude and is 193 air km north of Fort Simpson and 466 air km northwest of Yellowknife. The community is on the east bank of the Mackenzie River below its junction with the Wrigley River.

Population:  113 (NWT Bureau of Statistics, 2010)

Languages:  South Slavey, English

Access:  Scheduled air service is available from Fort Simpson. Barge service from Hay River operates in the summer and in the winter there is a road from Fort Simpson.

History:  The Slavey Dene moved to Fort Wrigley after 1905 however the people continued their nomadic lifestyle. In the late 1950s a power plant, school teachers' residence were built and the population grew to 128 by 1960. Five years later the settlement moved to the current site where access was much easier due to a well-maintained airstrip had been constructed by the U.S. military. The Hudson Bay Company store, school, teachers' residence and warehouse were barged to the new site joining 15 new houses built that year.

Today a traditional lifestyle is still the norm and local businesses provide for the needs of local residents.