Sahtu Region

{{other uses|Sahtu (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Sahtu Region

|other_name =

|settlement_type = Administrative region

|motto =

| image_skyline = Norman Range NT.jpg

| image_caption = Norman Range and Kelly Lake

| image_blank_emblem =

| image_map1 = NWT Locator Sahtu.svg

| mapsize1 = 200

| map_caption1 = Location within the Northwest Territories

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Canada

|subdivision_type1 = Territory

|subdivision_name1 = Northwest Territories

|subdivision_type2 = Territorial riding

|subdivision_name2 = Sahtu

|subdivision_type3 = Settlement area

|subdivision_name3 = Sahtu

|government_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=https://www.maca.gov.nt.ca/en/about-maca|title=About Municipal and Community Affairs|author=Government of the Northwest Territories|access-date=17 June 2019}}

|seat_type = Regional office

|seat = Norman Wells

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|leader_title1 = Administrator

|leader_name1 =

|leader_title2 = Councillors

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|leader_name3 =

|leader_title4 = Organized hamlets

|leader_name4 =

| established_title = Established

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|area_total_km2 =

|population_total = 2259

|population_as_of = 2021

|population_footnotes =

|population_density_km2 = auto

| population_rank = 4th NWT

|population_blank1_title = % change (from 2016)

|population_blank1 = -7.7

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|timezone = MST

| utc_offset1 =−07:00

| timezone1_DST = DST

| utc_offset1_DST =−06:00

}}

{{Location_map+

|Canada Northwest Territories

| width = 400

| float = right

| caption = North Slave Region communities in the Northwest Territories

| places =

{{Location map~ | Canada Northwest Territories | label=Norman Wells | label_size=75 | marksize = 10 |position = left|lat_deg = 65.28|lon_deg = -126.83 |mark = Western Canada Map Assets Town.svg}}

{{Location map~ | Canada Northwest Territories | label = Fort Good Hope | label_size=75 | marksize = 8 |position = right|lat_deg = 66.258|lon_deg = -128.628 |mark = Western Canada Map Assets Hamlet.svg}}

{{Location map~ | Canada Northwest Territories | label = Tulita | label_size=75 | marksize = 8 |position = bottom|lat_deg = 64.9|lon_deg = -125.577 |mark = Western Canada Map Assets Hamlet.svg}}

{{Location map~ | Canada Northwest Territories | label = Délı̨nę | label_size=75 | marksize = 8 |position = right|lat_deg = 65.1866|lon_deg = -123.4216 |mark = Western Canada Map Assets Hamlet.svg}}

{{Location map~ | Canada Northwest Territories | label = Colville Lake | label_size=75 | marksize = 8 |position = top|lat_deg = 67.038|lon_deg = -126.09 |mark = Western Canada Map Assets Hamlet.svg}}

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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, {{cvt|41,437|km2}} 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,[https://www.maca.gov.nt.ca/en/sahtu-region Sahtu Region] 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 Project, but the pipeline 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.{{Cite book |title = The Sahtu Atlas |chapter=Communities Of The Sahtu |chapter-url = https://www.srrb.nt.ca/people-and-places/sahtu-atlas/99-sahtu-atlas/the-sahtu/179-communities-of-the-sahtu |year = 2024 |isbn = 978-0-9737630-0-3 |location= Sahtu Settlement Region, Northwest Territories |access-date=5 September 2024 |publisher=Sahtú Renewable Resources Board}}