Meaning of Délı̨nę | Babel Free

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A charter community in the Sahtu Region, Northwest Territories, Canada, on the western shore of Great Bear Lake.

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“Jodie Doctor, a mother of two children in Délı̨nę, had tears in her eyes as she walked through the community’s new daycare and preschool building.”

“Délı̨nę's claims on the birthplace of hockey stem from records in explorer Sir John Franklin's diaries. In an 1825 expedition where Franklin spent the winter in what is now Délı̨nę, he wrote "till the snow fell, the game of hockey played on the ice was the morning's sport," according to an exhibit at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife.”

“When he sees millions of stars painting the night sky, only one word comes to mind: free. Whether it’s summer or winter, when the average temperature in Délı̨nę can fall to -50 C, he finds the most powerful healing in nature.”

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