Tulita, Northwest Territories
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Tulita Tulít’a |
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 Tulita
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| Coordinates: 64°54′01″N 125°34′39″W / 64.90028°N 125.57750°WCoordinates: 64°54′01″N 125°34′39″W / 64.90028°N 125.57750°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Northwest Territories |
| Region | Sahtu Region |
| Constituency | Sahtu |
| Census division | Region 2 |
| Hamlet | 1 April 1984 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gordon Yakeleya |
| • Senior Administrative Officer | Chris Chai |
| • MLA | Danny McNeely |
| Area | |
| • Land | 52.12 km2 (20.12 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 101 m (331 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 478 |
| • Density | 9.2/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC−7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−6) |
| Canadian Postal code | X0E 0K0 |
| Area code(s) | 867 |
| Telephone exchange | 588 |
| - Living cost | 162.5 |
| - Food price index | 178.0 |
| Sources: Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Tulita profile at the Legislative Assemblybr>Canada Flight Supplement ^A 2009 figure based on Edmonton = 100 ^B 2010 figure based on Yellowknife = 100 |
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Tulita, which in Dene language means "where the rivers or waters meet," is a hamlet in the Sahtu Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It was formerly known as Fort Norman, until 1 January 1996. It is located at the junction of the Great Bear River and the Mackenzie River; the Bear originates at Great Bear Lake adjacent to Deline.
Tulita is in an area that is forested and well south of the tree line. Permafrost underlays the area, more or less continuous in distribution. Tulita is surrounded by mountains, the latter renowned for Dall's sheep, and faces the Mackenzie Mountains to the west, which has mountain goats.
Fort Norman originated as a Hudson's Bay Company trading post in the 19th century and has occupied a number of geographical locations prior to the settling of the modern community. A post by the name of Fort Norman occupied several locations, on the Mackenzie River, on the islands within it, on Bear River, and on the shore of Great Bear Lake near the present location of Deline. Who the name 'Norman' commemorates is unclear, but it may have been either Alexander Norman McLeod or Archibald Norman McLeod, both of whom were prominent in the northwest in the early 19th century.
Between 1863 and 1869, Fort Norman was located on Great Bear Lake, a short distance west of what later became Deline (Fort Franklin), and was an HBC post commanded by Nichol Taylor. Roman Catholic missionary Emile Petitot operated a small mission here during that period. In 1869, Nichol Taylor moved Fort Norman to its present position at the confluence of the Mackenzie and Bear Rivers.
Fort Norman rose to importance during the 1920s oil staking rush along the Mackenzie River, 50 km (31 mi) downstream of the community, where oil was developed and marketed at what became known as Norman Wells. It has also become a permanent settlement for predominately Sahtu Dene people on whose traditional land the original trading post was built. In 1996, the name of Fort Norman was officially changed to Tulita, which translates in Dene to "where the rivers or waters meet."
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