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Encyclopedia Britannica



ATHABASCA (Athapescow), or ELK

This article appears in Volume V02, Page 825 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ARN-AUD
ATHABASCA (Athapescow), or ELK , a river and lake of the' province of
Alberta
 , Canada. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains near the Yellowhead Pass in 52 Io' N. and tr7 to' W., and flows north-
east
  as far as
Athabasca
  Landing, and thence north into Lake
Athabasca
 . It is 740 M.
long
  and has a number of important tributaries; including the McLeod, Pembina, Lesser
' This is by some authorities divided into two.
Slave, which drains the lake of that name, and Clearwater. Athabasca lake is 295 M.
long
 , west to
east
 , from 20 to 32 M. wide, has an area of 3085 sq. m., and is 690 ft. above the sea. It discharges its waters northward by Slave river and the
Mackenzie
 
system
  to the
Arctic
  Ocean. On its north shore the country is high and rocky; on the
south
 , sandy and barren. Shallow-
draught
  steamers navigate the lake and river, and Lesser Slave lake and river, with one interruptionat Grand Rapids near the mouth of the Clearwater river.


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