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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Franz Josef Land, the Pole and the mouth of the Athabaska River in Alaska.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1898 he went to British Columbia and worked in the mills of the Slocan Star and the Athabaska, then got a good position in a mill at Ymir.
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
Officials opened up a field on the shore of Lake Athabaska, and hundreds of prospectors swarmed in to stake claims.
From Time Magazine Archive
Duncan A. McLeod, of Winnipeg, informed me that he had seen thousands and thousands of Caribou on April 16, 1941, while he was flying from Isle à la Crosse to Beaverlodge on Lake Athabaska.
From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Harper, Francis
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