Slave River

American  

noun

1. a river in NE Alberta and the Northwest Territories, in Canada: flowing from Lake Athabasca NW to Great Slave Lake. 258 miles (415 km) long.

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Slave River British  

noun

1. Also called: Great Slave River.  a river in W Canada, in the Northwest Territories and NE Alberta, flowing from Lake Athabaska northwest to Great Slave Lake. Length: about 420 km (260 miles)

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Example Sentences

The plane took off from the airport in Fort Smith, and then crashed near the banks of the Slave River.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024

Friday, June 27th.—Tied up twelve miles from Resolution, in delta of the Slave River.

From Young Alaskans in the Far North by Hough, Emerson

Look here how I’ve put down our journey through the rapids of the Slave River; we zigzagged all about.

From Young Alaskans in the Far North by Hough, Emerson

He left Fort Chippewyan, skirted the lake to Slave River, then ascended its southwest tributary, Peace River.

From French Pathfinders in North America by Johnson, William Henry

It here, indeed, assumes the name of the Slave River.

From Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I by Mackenzie, Alexander