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1:2 image by
Eugene Ipavec
Source: Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18
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Behchokǫ̀, with a combined population of 1662 (as of 1996),
consists of two settlements, located 6 km one across the other on the opposite shores of the northern arm of the
Great Slave Lake. Rae is located at 62°50'N lat. and 116°04'W long., on a rocky peninsula on the southeast shore of
Marian Lake; Edzo is at 62°40'N lat. and 116°04'W long., spread over two islands and part of the mainland. Local
languages are Dogrib and English, and the community belongs to the electoral district of North Slave and to the
land claim area of Dogrib.
Antonio Martins, 29 June 2000
Behchokǫ̀ was originally two villages—Rae, named for John
Rae, who established a Hudson’s Bay Company post in 1852 at Old Fort Rae,
and Edzo, named for Chief Edzo, who was a Tlicho leader who made peace
in 1823 with Akaitcho, the Yellowknife Dene leader. In 1971 the two villages
amalgamated and became the community of Rae-Edzo, and in 2005
the community’s name was changed to Behchokǫ̀, which means “Mbehcho’s
place”. Rae is about 15 km from the village of Edzo on a rocky peninsula on
the southeast shore of Marion Lake. Edzo is on the east shore of the West
Channel which flows between Marion Lake and the North Arm of Great Slave Lake,
the fourth largest lake in Canada, and eleventh largest in the world. The town
receives economic benefit, such as fishing, from the lakes.
Jim Croft, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011
Text and image(s) from Canadian City Flags, Raven 18 (2011), courtesy of the North American Vexillological Association, which retains copyright. Image(s) by permission of Eugene Ipavec.
The flag of the Community Government of Behchokǫ̀ is a Canadian
pale design of dark blue-white-dark blue, with the town’s logo in the
centre, three-fourths the height of the flag. The logo consists of a medium
blue ring, bordered in black, surrounding a disc divided white over medium
blue by a horizontal black line with pointed waves. In the centre is a dark
brown teepee with the ends of three black poles extending from the top. The
teepee is divided by a very narrow vertical line, meeting a base and a round-topped
door, all in black.
Jim Croft, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011
Unknown. Rob Butler, graphic artist at Inkit Graphics in Yellowknife,
NWT, adapted the design from the earlier flag.
Jim Croft, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011
1:2 image by
Eugene Ipavec
Source: Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18