Slave River

American  

noun

1. a river in NE Alberta and the Northwest Territories, in Canada: flowing from Lake Athabasca NW to Great Slave Lake. 258 miles (415 km) long.

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Slave River British  

noun

1. Also called: Great Slave River.  a river in W Canada, in the Northwest Territories and NE Alberta, flowing from Lake Athabaska northwest to Great Slave Lake. Length: about 420 km (260 miles)

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Slave River

The plane took off from the airport in Fort Smith, and then crashed near the banks of the Slave River.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

He explained to them that the Cassette Falls are on one of four or five different channels into which the Slave River breaks hereabouts.

From Young Alaskans in the Far North by Hough, Emerson

MacNair went about his business, and to Lapierre came Chenoine with his story of the girl and the plot of Vermilion, and Lapierre, forgetting MacNair for the moment, made a dash for the Slave River.

From The Gun-Brand by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

Primitive rocks occur in Lake Mammawee, Athabasca Lake, and on the Stony River; and on several parts of the Slave River they are separated from the limestone only by the breadth of the stream.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

Athabasca, or Lake of the Hills, is about 190 miles S.S.E. of the Great Slave Lake, to which its waters are carried by means of the Slave River.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various