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Athabasca
[ ath-uh-bas-kuh ]
noun
- 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).
- a river in southwestern Alberta, Canada, flowing northeast to Lake Athabasca; oil-bearing tar sands. 765 miles (1,231 km) long.
Example Sentences
Wilcox Pass provides views of the Columbia icefields along with the Athabasca glacier, and the glaciated Mount Andromeda, Snow Dome, and Mount Kitchener.
Michael keeps his cool until he sees piles of Petroleum Coke on the banks of the Athabasca.
We join Chief Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) tribe for dinner.
Leo joins Chief Adam, Chief Courtoreille and Michael on a hill in front of the late-day sun over Lake Athabasca.
From their window they had their first sight of the Athabasca.
This man was a young Scottish clerk, who had spent a year only in the far Athabasca district.
At all events, it stretches almost from the Saskatchewan to the Athabasca, and indicates some great watershed in times past.
The half-breeds of Athabasca are being more liberally dealt with than in any other part of Canada.
On the 24th our work here was completed, and we took to our boats, which were to float us down to Vermilion and Athabasca Lake.
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