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Déline 's heritage can be traced back thousands of
years. At the headwaters of Sahtu De, the Bear River, the
lake-water plunges so swiftly downstream that parts of the
 upper Bear never freeze over, even in mid-winter. This phenomenon
created a productive fishery, used for thousands of years,
and called the Déline Fishery.
Within recorded history, the Sahtu Dene travelled the long
shoreline of Sahtu with the seasons, hunting, fishing and
gathering the resources of the land. Their dogsled trails
still thread the sparse forest on Great Bear's north shore.
They traveled to the Barrens for caribou, fished rivers,
creeks and the big lake itself, hunted moose and snared
rabbits in
the forest. They came to the Déline Fishery at certain
times of the year. The Déline Fishery has been designated
a National Heritage Site, along with other sites in the
area
- Old Fort Franklin, the
Scented Grass Hills, and Grizzly Bear Mountain.
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