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Slave River, the Glossary

The Slave River is a Canadian river that flows from the confluence of the Rivière des Rochers and Peace River in northeastern Alberta and runs into Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories.^[1]

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Rivers of the Northwest Territories

Alberta

Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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American white pelican

The American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) is a large aquatic soaring bird from the order Pelecaniformes.

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Arctic Ocean

The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five oceanic divisions.

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The Athabasca River (French: Rivière Athabasca) is a river in Alberta, Canada, which originates at the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park and flows more than before emptying into Lake Athabasca. Slave River and Athabasca River are rivers of Alberta.

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Athabaskan languages

Athabaskan (also spelled Athabascan, Athapaskan or Athapascan, and also known as Dene) is a large family of Indigenous languages of North America, located in western North America in three areal language groups: Northern, Pacific Coast and Southern (or Apachean).

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Chipewyan

The Chipewyan (also called Denésoliné or Dënesųłı̨né or Dënë Sųłınë́, meaning "the original/real people") are a Dene Indigenous Canadian people of the Athabaskan language family, whose ancestors are identified with the Taltheilei Shale archaeological tradition.

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Cuthbert Grant

Cuthbert "James" Grant (1793 – July 15, 1854) was a Métis leader of the early 19th century who participated in the Pemmican War as an employee of the North West Company.

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Dene

The Dene people are an indigenous group of First Nations who inhabit the northern boreal and Arctic regions of Canada.

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Fort Resolution

Fort Resolution (Denı́nu Kų́ę́ (pronounced "deh-nih-noo-kwenh") "moose island place") is a hamlet in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada.

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Fort Smith, Northwest Territories

Fort Smith (Thebacha "beside the rapids") is a town in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada.

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Great Slave Lake

Great Slave Lake is the second-largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada (after Great Bear Lake), the deepest lake in North America at, and the tenth-largest lake in the world by area.

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Hay River, Northwest Territories

Hay River (South Slavey: Xátł’odehchee), known as "the Hub of the North", is a town in the Northwest Territories, Canada, located on the south shore of Great Slave Lake, at the mouth of the Hay River.

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International scale of river difficulty

The international scale of river difficulty is an American system used to rate the difficulty of navigating a stretch of river, or a single (sometimes whitewater) rapid.

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Lake Athabasca

Lake Athabasca (French: lac Athabasca; from Woods Cree: ᐊᖬᐸᐢᑳᐤ aðapaskāw, " there are plants one after another") is in the north-west corner of Saskatchewan and the north-east corner of Alberta between 58° and 60° N in Canada.

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List of rivers of Alberta

Alberta's rivers flow towards three different bodies of water, the Arctic Ocean, the Hudson Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Slave River and List of rivers of Alberta are rivers of Alberta.

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List of rivers of the Northwest Territories

This is a list of rivers that are in whole or partly in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Slave River and list of rivers of the Northwest Territories are rivers of the Northwest Territories.

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Mackenzie River

The Mackenzie River (French: Fleuve (de) Mackenzie; Slavey: Deh-Cho, literally big river; Inuvialuktun: Kuukpak, literally great river) is a river in the Canadian boreal forest. It forms, along with the Slave, Peace, and Finlay, the longest river system in Canada, and includes the second largest drainage basin of any North American river after the Mississippi. Slave River and Mackenzie River are rivers of the Northwest Territories.

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Marine Transportation Services

Marine Transportation Services (MTS) formerly Northern Transportation Company Limited (NTCL) is a marine transportation company operating primarily in the Mackenzie River watershed of the Northwest Territories and northern Alberta, and the Arctic Ocean using a fleet of diesel tug boats and shallow-draft barges.

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Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories (abbreviated NT or NWT; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; formerly North-West Territories) is a federal territory of Canada.

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Peace River

The Peace River (rivière de la Paix) is a river in Canada that originates in the Rocky Mountains of northern British Columbia and flows to the northeast through northern Alberta. Slave River and Peace River are rivers of Alberta.

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Peace–Athabasca Delta

The Peace–Athabasca Delta, located in northeast Alberta, is the largest freshwater inland river delta in North America.

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Portage

Portage or portaging (CA) is the practice of carrying water craft or cargo over land, either around an obstacle in a river, or between two bodies of water.

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Rapids

Rapids are sections of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep gradient, causing an increase in water velocity and turbulence.

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Regina Leader-Post

The Regina Leader-Post is the daily newspaper of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and a member of the Postmedia Network.

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Rivière des Rochers

Rivière des Rochers (French for "River of Rocks") is a river in Alberta in the Peace–Athabasca Delta and Wood Buffalo National Park. Slave River and Rivière des Rochers are rivers of Alberta.

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Salt River (Canada)

Salt River is a river in Canada whose source is McNeil Lake in Wood Buffalo National Park in northern Alberta. Slave River and Salt River (Canada) are rivers of Alberta and rivers of the Northwest Territories.

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Slavey

The Slavey (also Slave and South Slavey) are a First Nations indigenous peoples of the Dene group, indigenous to the Great Slave Lake region, in Canada's Northwest Territories, and extending into northeastern British Columbia and northwestern Alberta.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_River