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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Lesser Slave Lake

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.

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

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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.

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There may have been a few tents in the forest, and I have heard there are a few Crees at Lesser Slave Lake and Lac la Biche, but the number cannot exceed twenty tents.

From The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories Including the Negotiations on Which They Were Based, and Other Information Relating Thereto by Morris, Alexander

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