Lesser Slave Lake

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1. a lake in central Alberta, Canada, draining E via the Lesser Slave River to the Athabasca River. 451 sq. mi. (1,168 sq. km).

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Example Sentences

In a historic gamble, the two companies decided to drill near Lesser Slave Lake, 450 miles to the south, hoping to find a heavy cap of nonporous rock that had trapped the oil in pools.

From Time Magazine Archive

He got a job as a recreation director in Slave Lake, Alta., and soon took over as editor of the weekly paper, the Lesser Slave Lake Scope.

From Time Magazine Archive

Union Oil Co. has hit an oil zone 4,797 ft. deep, 220 miles north of Edmonton not far from Lesser Slave Lake.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is unnecessary to inform the average reader that the Lesser Slave River connects the Lesser Slave Lake with the Athabasca; any atlas will satisfy him upon that point.

From Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 by Mair, Charles

In February the party, led by him, left Edmonton with 160 ponies, sleds and sleighs, loaded with supplies, and proceeded, by an extremely difficult forest trail, to Lesser Slave Lake.

From Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 by Mair, Charles