Athabaska

British  

/ ˌæθəˈbæskə /

noun

1. a lake in W Canada, in NW Saskatchewan and NE Alberta. Area: about 7770 sq km (3000 sq miles)

2. 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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Example Sentences

Chief Allan Adam of the Alberta-based Athabaska Chipewyan First Nation told the the protests were escalating towards more direct action.

From BBC

The plan calls for a series of canals and pumping stations linking Great Bear Lake and Great Slave Lake in the NWT to Lake Athabaska and lake Winnipeg and then the Great Lakes for bulk water exports to the U.S.

From Salon

It is almost unknown on Hudson Bay, but is abundant in migrations about Great Slave and Athabaska lakes.

From Project Gutenberg

“The pass across the mountains by the Portage River, ‘The Committee’s Punchbowl’ and Whirlpool River, known as the Athabaska Pass, was for many years the route of the British fur traders in going from one side of the Rocky Mountains to the other.

From Project Gutenberg

What the ascent to Athabaska Pass must have been may be judged from this description by Alexander Ross—one of the original Astoria party—written over a hundred years ago.

From Project Gutenberg