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Great Slave River

British  

noun

  1. another name for the Slave River

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After a slow progress of fifteen miles another steamboat is met, and thence they follow the Athabasca, through Athabasca Lake, and so on up to a second rapids, on the Great Slave River this time, where oxen and carts carry them across a sixteen-mile portage to a screw steamer, which finishes the 3000-mile journey to the North.

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Leroux, descends Great Slave river, 75; with Mackenzie, 78, 88.

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Look here on the map, fellows—I always thought that the Mackenzie River ran straight north up to the Arctic Ocean, but look here—if you start from where we are right now, and follow the Great Slave River on out through Great Slave Lake, you’ll find it runs almost as much west as it does north.

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This route is usually taken in the winter, as it cuts off a large angle in going to the Great Slave River.

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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.

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