Great Slave Lake

American  

noun

1. a lake in NW Canada, in the Northwest Territories. 11,172 sq. mi. (28,935 sq. km).

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Great Slave Lake British  

noun

1. a lake in NW Canada, in the Northwest Territories: drained by the Mackenzie River into the Arctic Ocean. Area: 28 440 sq km (10 980 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

On Saturday, the fire destroyed two cabins and a travel trailer near the shore of Great Slave Lake.

From Seattle Times

In a social media post, the Northwest Territories fire service said a fire that had been threatening Hay River, a community of some 3,000 further south on Great Slave Lake, had stalled overnight.

From Reuters

In a social media post, the Northwest Territories' fire service said a wildfire that had been threatening Hay River, a community of some 3,000 further south on Great Slave Lake, had stalled overnight.

From Reuters

In a social media post, the Territories fire service said a fire that had been threatening Hay River, a community of some 3,000 further south on Great Slave Lake, had stalled overnight.

From Reuters

Teams were working to evacuate Hay River, a community of some 3,000 on Great Slave Lake, by bus or plane on Wednesday night as the fire approached.

From Reuters