- a variation of Athabasca.
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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If the Athabaska sands yield their treasure, an estimated 300 billion bbl. of crude can be freed in that region alone.
From Time Magazine Archive
Franz Josef Land, the Pole and the mouth of the Athabaska River in Alaska.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rainbow Lake pool may be larger than all of the reserves proven elsewhere in Alberta, outside the Athabaska tar sands.
From Time Magazine Archive
The company that thinks it can turn the trick is California's Richfield Oil Corp., which last week formally asked permission of the Canadian government to set off a nuclear charge just under the Athabaska sands.
From Time Magazine Archive
Three years later moved to the Athabaska department, and remained there until 1809, when he took charge of New Caledonia.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
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