Saoyú-ʔehdacho

Saoyú-ʔehdacho
Location of Saoyú-ʔehdacho in Northwest Territories
LocationNorthwest Territories, Canada
Coordinates65°20′01″N 121°00′06″W / 65.333508°N 121.001639°W / 65.333508; -121.001639
Governing bodyParks Canada, Déline First Nation
Official nameSaoyú-ʔehdacho National Historic Site
Designated1997

Saoyú-ʔehdacho (also known as Sahoyue-Edacho, Sahoyúé-§ehdacho, Saoyú and Æehdacho and Grizzly Bear Mountain and Scented Grass Hills) is a cultural landscape in the Northwest Territories, Canada, comprising two peninsulas in Great Bear Lake. The site has great cultural and spiritual significance for the Sahtu people, as it is considered sacred land and it features prominently in their oral histories.

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