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Great Slave Lake

American  

noun

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


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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

From Seattle Times Aug. 27, 2023

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 Aug. 17, 2023

The Mackenzie is Canada’s longest river, running 1,100 miles in a northwesterly direction from Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea.

From Scientific American Apr. 24, 2023

The town is at the mouth of the Hay River where it flows into the Great Slave Lake and it’s essentially a miniature delta through which multiple river channels run.

From Seattle Times May 12, 2022

Narrative of a journey in 1890, from Great Slave Lake to Beechy 124 Lake, on the Great Fish River.

From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Harper, Francis

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