meaning "ptarmigan net place") is a settlement corporation located in the Sahtu Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada.

The community is located 50 km (31 mi) north of the Arctic Circle, on a lake of the same name, and is northeast of Norman Wells.

[5] They are represented by the Behdzi Ahda' First Nation and belong to the Sahtu Dene Council[17] Colville Lake is located 745 km (463 mi) by air, northwest of Yellowknife.

[18] The community of Colville Lake is the ancestral homeland of the Hareskin (Sahtu) Dene who still inhabit the area.

The Hareskin Dene were never very numerous, with a population of less than one thousand people, living in six or seven bands, at the time of European contact.

Although Father Émile Petitot brought Christianity to the area in 1864, organization of the community did not occur until 1962 when a Roman Catholic mission was established by Bern Will Brown.

Locals either resort to hunting, purchasing food flown in or drive to Norman Wells or Fort Good Hope when winter roads are in use.

[22] Medivac transfer for patients when advance care is required either to Norman Wells (health clinic) or Yellowknife (Stanton Territorial Hospital).

Since closing in 2012 solar panels have been built at end of the former runway to provide alternate power supply to Colville Lake.