A 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) access road leads west to the community from the Saskatchewan Highway 955 turn-off 87 km (54 miles) north of La Loche.
[2] An unpaved road has since been constructed linking the community with Secondary Highway 955.
[3] Descharme may be the last of the old winter camps used by the Dene residents of La Loche.
The community of Swan Lake is mentioned as one of the mission villages of La Loche in 1895.
If we are expected, we would find about 50 people, if not we would have to get them from the vicinity, perhaps up to 20 leagues (60 miles) from there, somewhere in the woods.