Jean Marie River

Heading west on the Deh Cho Travel Connection, there is a narrow all-weather road on the left leading to scenic Jean Marie River (Tthek'ehdelj, "water flowing over clay"). The community is at the confluence of the Jean Marie and Mackenzie rivers. Residents practice traditional ways, subsistence hunting, trapping and fishing.

There is bed and breakfast accommodation, but no organized visitor services. A river trip with a local guide might include fishing and a stop at a scenic island in the Mackenzie. Local artists specialize in moosehair tuftings, an ancient and highly prized decorative technique on caribou or moosehide – ask at the bed and breakfast. Slavey and English are spoken here.

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