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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Example Sentences

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

The collected rivulets from these springs form a stream which is, at its junction with the Slave River, sixty yards wide and eight or ten feet deep.

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

The Company now operates a steamer from Fort Smith, on Slave River, to the Arctic Ocean.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various

I have stated, that on Slave River this limestone formation succeeds immediately to primitive rocks, but I am not acquainted with the rocks that lie to the eastward of it on the Elk River.

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

One of the hunters who had been at the Slave River the preceding evening, returned with three beavers and fourteen geese.

From Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I by Mackenzie, Alexander