Slave River
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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How to use Slave River in a sentence
At this rate we calculated that it would take eight or ten days to reach the mouth of Lesser Slave River.
Through the Mackenzie Basin | Charles MairOur course the next day lay over shoal water, mostly inside sandbanks and through narrow channels of the delta of the Slave River.
The Barren Ground of Northern Canada | Warburton Mayer PikeIn its bosom many rivers unite their currents, and from its northwestern rim pours the Slave River, the true Mackenzie.
The World's Greatest Books, Volume 19 | VariousA calcareous breccia also exists in various places, particularly on the Slave River.
Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea | John FranklinThe banks of Slave River, which are elevated, discover veins of the same bituminous quality.
The Seat of Empire | Charles Carleton Coffin
British Dictionary definitions for 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): Also called: Great Slave River
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