Dettah
Yellowknives Dene First Nation in Northwest Territories, Canada
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dettah /dɛˈtɑː/ sometimes spelled incorrectly as Detah,[7] is a First Nations[8] community in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Located just southeast of the capital of Yellowknife, it is a 6.5 km (4.0 mi) drive from that city by ice road across the north arm of Great Slave Lake in winter or a 27 km (17 mi) drive via the Ingraham Trail, year-round. The name T'é?ehdaá means 'Burnt Point' in the Wíílíídeh dialect and was simplified to Dettah when non-Indigenous people could not pronounce it. The place was a common fishing spot for the Tetsǫ́tʼine (Yellowknives) people and is home to nearly 200 Indigenous people.
Dettah
Tʼèɂehdaà | |
|---|---|
Yellowknives Dene First Nation (Dettah) | |
| |
  Dettah  Dettah | |
| Coordinates: 62°24′40″N 114°18′30″W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Northwest Territories |
| Region | North Slave Region |
| Territorial electoral district | Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh |
| Census division | Region 6 |
| Government | |
| • Chief | Ernest Betsina |
| • Councillors | Anastassia Judas, Peter Crookedhand, Mary Rose Sundberg, Rosanna Sangris, & Liza Charlo-Pieper |
| • MLA | Richard Edjericon |
| Area | |
| • Land | 1.12 km2 (0.43 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 179 m (587 ft) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 192 |
| • Density | 171.9/km2 (445/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| Canadian Postal code | |
| Area code | 867 |
| Telephone exchanges | 444 445 446 669 765 766 873 920 |
| Sources: Department of Municipal and Community Affairs,[4] Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,[5] Canada Flight Supplement[6] | |
Demographics
In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, Dettah recorded a population of 192 living in 79 of its 85 total private dwellings, a change of -12.3% from its 2016 population of 219. With a land area of 1.12 km2 (0.43 sq mi), it had a population density of 171.4/km2 in 2021.[3]
Both it and Ndilǫ are the communities of the Yellowknives. Dettah is represented by the Yellowknives Dene First Nation (Dettah) and are part of the Akaitcho Territory Government.[9]
Annual population estimates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources: NWT Bureau of Statistics (2008 - 2019),[18] NWT Bureau of Statistics (2001 - 2017)[19] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gallery
Bear skin drying
Kateri Tekakwitha church
First Nation Band Office
Kaw Tay Whee School
The Great Slave Lake at Dettah
Climate
Dettah has a subarctic climate (Dfc) with long, severely cold winters and short but mild, sometimes warm summers. Dettah and Yellowknife experience the sunniest springs and summers out of all of Canada's cities.
Weather records are from Yellowknife Airport, approximately 9 km (5.6 mi) northwest of Dettah.
| Climate data for Yellowknife (Yellowknife Airport) WMO ID: 71936; coordinates 62°27′46″N 114°26′25″W; elevation: 205.7 m (675 ft); 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1942–present | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high humidex | 2.9 | 6.1 | 8.9 | 20.2 | 25.7 | 34.0 | 35.4 | 34.3 | 27.2 | 18.1 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 35.4 |
| Record high °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) |
6.2 (43.2) |
9.3 (48.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
26.3 (79.3) |
31.1 (88.0) |
32.5 (90.5) |
32.6 (90.7) |
26.1 (79.0) |
19.0 (66.2) |
7.8 (46.0) |
2.8 (37.0) |
32.6 (90.7) |
| Mean maximum °C (°F) | −7.3 (18.9) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
2.8 (37.0) |
11.7 (53.1) |
21.2 (70.2) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.9 (82.2) |
26.4 (79.5) |
19.4 (66.9) |
9.6 (49.3) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
29.0 (84.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −21.6 (−6.9) |
−18.0 (−0.4) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
0.3 (32.5) |
10.4 (50.7) |
18.6 (65.5) |
21.5 (70.7) |
18.4 (65.1) |
10.9 (51.6) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−18.0 (−0.4) |
0.4 (32.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −25.5 (−13.9) |
−22.7 (−8.9) |
−16.6 (2.1) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
5.3 (41.5) |
13.8 (56.8) |
17.1 (62.8) |
14.5 (58.1) |
7.6 (45.7) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
−21.8 (−7.2) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −29.4 (−20.9) |
−27.4 (−17.3) |
−22.5 (−8.5) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
0.1 (32.2) |
9.0 (48.2) |
12.6 (54.7) |
10.5 (50.9) |
4.2 (39.6) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−16.2 (2.8) |
−25.6 (−14.1) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
| Mean minimum °C (°F) | −41.0 (−41.8) |
−39.1 (−38.4) |
−36.8 (−34.2) |
−26.0 (−14.8) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
2.1 (35.8) |
7.4 (45.3) |
4.1 (39.4) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
−29.6 (−21.3) |
−38.4 (−37.1) |
−42.2 (−44.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −51.2 (−60.2) |
−51.2 (−60.2) |
−43.3 (−45.9) |
−40.6 (−41.1) |
−22.8 (−9.0) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
0.6 (33.1) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
−28.9 (−20.0) |
−44.4 (−47.9) |
−48.3 (−54.9) |
−51.2 (−60.2) |
| Record low wind chill | −64.0 | −61.0 | −56.8 | −53.2 | −31.8 | −11.2 | 0.0 | −4.8 | −16.4 | −36.3 | −54.7 | −58.9 | −64.0 |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 15.0 (0.59) |
11.0 (0.43) |
14.1 (0.56) |
11.6 (0.46) |
16.3 (0.64) |
28.9 (1.14) |
40.4 (1.59) |
44.0 (1.73) |
43.0 (1.69) |
28.8 (1.13) |
25.8 (1.02) |
15.1 (0.59) |
293.9 (11.57) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.2 (0.01) |
2.9 (0.11) |
12.2 (0.48) |
28.0 (1.10) |
40.4 (1.59) |
44.0 (1.73) |
39.9 (1.57) |
12.0 (0.47) |
0.5 (0.02) |
0.0 (0.0) |
180.2 (7.09) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 21.7 (8.5) |
16.1 (6.3) |
19.2 (7.6) |
9.9 (3.9) |
4.5 (1.8) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
3.0 (1.2) |
20.1 (7.9) |
36.9 (14.5) |
23.7 (9.3) |
155.0 (61.0) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 11.1 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 7.0 | 9.5 | 11.2 | 12.2 | 13.7 | 14.6 | 11.5 | 119.1 |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.25 | 1.2 | 4.4 | 6.8 | 9.5 | 11.2 | 11.6 | 5.8 | 0.82 | 0.13 | 51.9 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 12.4 | 10.3 | 9.5 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 0.04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 9.6 | 16.0 | 13.2 | 78.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) (at 15:00 LST) | 68.5 | 64.6 | 56.4 | 52.8 | 46.0 | 45.3 | 49.0 | 57.1 | 64.7 | 75.9 | 80.7 | 73.0 | 61.2 |
| Average dew point °C (°F) | −28.9 (−20.0) |
−26.6 (−15.9) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
4.6 (40.3) |
8.8 (47.8) |
8.4 (47.1) |
3.4 (38.1) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−14.8 (5.4) |
−25.0 (−13.0) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 50.6 | 107.3 | 188.4 | 276.4 | 335.7 | 373.8 | 358.0 | 276.2 | 157.7 | 65.0 | 42.7 | 24.6 | 2,256.5 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 26.8 | 43.5 | 51.8 | 62.2 | 60.8 | 63.0 | 61.2 | 55.5 | 40.3 | 21.0 | 20.2 | 15.4 | 43.5 |
| Average ultraviolet index | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Source 1: Environment and Climate Change Canada[20] (sun 1981–2010[21]) (August maximum[22]) | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather Atlas[23] (dew point, mean maximum, and mean minimum[24]) | |||||||||||||
