Athabaska
Britishnoun
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a lake in W Canada, in NW Saskatchewan and NE Alberta. Area: about 7770 sq km (3000 sq miles)
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a river in W Canada, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing northeast to Lake Athabaska. Length: 1230 km (765 miles)
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The geological proving ground is the 30,000 sq. mi. of tar sands underlying northern Alberta and Saskatchewan in the vicinity of Lake Athabaska.
From Time Magazine Archive
Officials opened up a field on the shore of Lake Athabaska, and hundreds of prospectors swarmed in to stake claims.
From Time Magazine Archive
Franz Josef Land, the Pole and the mouth of the Athabaska River in Alaska.
From Time Magazine Archive
To prepare for the day when conventional wells can no longer meet the world's needs, Exxon is already experimentally squeezing oil out of Rocky Mountain shale and the tar sands of northern Alberta's Athabaska region.
From Time Magazine Archive
With Peter Pond on the Athabaska, and sent by him, 1786, to establish a post near mouth of Slave River; at Fort Chipewyan, 1789; at Fort Qu'Appelle, 1793; with David Thompson on the Assiniboine, 1797.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
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