Slave River

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.

Slave River

noun

1. 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 calledGreat Slave River

Example Sentences

At this rate we calculated that it would take eight or ten days to reach the mouth of Lesser Slave River.

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Our course the next day lay over shoal water, mostly inside sandbanks and through narrow channels of the delta of the Slave River.

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In its bosom many rivers unite their currents, and from its northwestern rim pours the Slave River, the true Mackenzie.

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A calcareous breccia also exists in various places, particularly on the Slave River.

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The banks of Slave River, which are elevated, discover veins of the same bituminous quality.

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