Athabasca

American  

[ath-uh-bas-kuh] / ˌæθ əˈbæs kə /

Or Athabaska

noun

1. Lake, a lake in western Canada, in northwestern Saskatchewan and northeastern Alberta. About 200 miles (320 km) long; about 3,000 sq. mi. (7,800 sq. km).

2. a river in southwestern Alberta, Canada, flowing northeast to Lake Athabasca; oil-bearing tar sands. 765 miles (1,231 km) long.

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Example Sentences

“This decision should close the chapter on the suggestion of an independence referendum,” said Allan Adam, the Chief of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, one of the main plaintiffs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Stocks of companies seen as competing most directly with Venezuelan crude were weaker on Wednesday, with Cenovus down more than 3% and Athabasca Oil Corp also slipping about 2%.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

But what makes Canada’s Athabasca Region unique is that its uranium is especially high grade, said Markus Piro, a professor of nuclear engineering at McMaster University.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2024

In the western province of Alberta, where many ferocious wildfires burned, huge deposits of thick crude oil, mixed with tarry sand, sit beneath the forest and near the snaking Athabasca River.

From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2023

In the Athabasca department, which includes Slave Lake and Peace River, as well as in the more southern districts, the autumn of 1826, and the following winter, were unusually mild.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John