Great Slave River
Britishnoun
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Two famous places for drive hunting in olden days were Point Carcajou on Peace River, and the Grand Detour on Great Slave River.
From The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure by Heming, Arthur Henry Howard
This route is usually taken in the winter as it cuts off a large angle in going to the Great Slave River.
From The Journey to the Polar Sea by Franklin, John
We left Chipewyan at 6.15; at 11.15 camped below the Peace on Great Slave River, and bade farewell to the steamer.
From The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake by Seton, Ernest Thompson
The wood buffalo still exists on Great Slave River, but, where we were, the only memorials of the animal were its paths and wallows, and its bones half-buried in the fertile earth.
From Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 by Mair, Charles
The real outlet is the Rocher River, which joins the Peace River at the intersection of latitude 59 with the 111.30th degree of longitude, beyond which the united streams are called the Great Slave River.
From Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 by Mair, Charles
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