Athabasca
Americannoun
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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).
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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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The higher price lifts Canada’s major oil producers, with Vermilion Energy, Athabasca Oil, Strathcona Resources, Suncor and Cenovus among the top performs, rising 3.5%, 2.4%, 1.7%, 2.6% and 2.6%, respectively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 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
When the wildfires approached, residents first tried fleeing by boat, only to realize that water levels at the massive Athabasca Lake had gotten so low, they couldn’t leave.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
The trees are of the kinds we had seen north of the Athabasca Lake: they are here of a smaller size.
From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by John Franklin
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