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Edaįįla |
Status • Reports
Edaįįla
(aa-dying-lah)
is
also known as Caribou Point, and is approximately 8,700 km2
in size.
Factsheet on
Edaįįla
including a map
Importance of
Edaįįla
Edaįįla is
an extremely important cultural and ecological area for the people of
Délįne, as well as the people of other communities in the NWT and
Nunavut who rely on the Bluenose-East caribou herd.
Edaįįla has
been recommended for formal protection by several agencies to date,
including the:
Sahtu
Heritage Places Joint Working Group in Rakekée
Gok’é
Godi: Places We Take Care Of
(2000);
Sahtu
Land Use Planning Board in its Preliminary Draft Sahtu Land Use
Plan (2003); and
Great
Bear Lake Working Group in the Management Plan for Great Bear
Lake and its Watershed (2005).
Edaįįla
contains important heritage resources (Caribou Point Heritage Area and
Fort Confidence Heritage Area), several Sahtu Dene and Métis
Special Harvesting Areas, four International Biological Programme Sites,
and important caribou and fish habitat.
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For more information contact
the
Protected Areas Strategy Secretariat
“The land takes
care of us…nwt_pas@gov.nt.ca
we
take care of the land.”
(867) 920-3179 or (867) 669-2685
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