For a while after the British Columbia border was established the Southern Tutchone lost hunting rights along most of Shäwshe Chù. This loss, the loss of the southern villages, and the move of most people to Shadhäla after Dalton’s trading post closed, all contributed to a decline in activity in the area. Today only a few elders know much about the traditional use of the region.

Most people who now travel the river are the tourists who make the white-water raft trips in summer from Shäwshe to Dry Bay.