I have been to Deline in summer twice. The first was the end of a five week solo canoe trip from Behchoko on Great Slave Lake. The second was the start and end of an abortive canoe trip up the Johnnie Hoe River. Everything is expensive there. The government pays the transport costs for fuel. Fortunately the lake is full of fish. The water is clear. There is no pollution in it and the natives want to keep it that way. Not like Lake Athabasca downstream from the oil sands operation. Traffic on the road in town is mostly four wheelers (usually  carrying passengers) and pedestrians. Trucks are few. I watched hand games in the community center. A guy from one team passes a small object from hand to hand and the opposing team guesses which hand it is in. And the rest of the first team bangs on drums and yells at the top of their voices. The noise is deafening. The town is dry, at least during the tourist season. Surely a good place to end a canoe trip.