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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 825 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ATHABASCA (Athapescow), or ELK

ATHABASCA (Athapescow), or See also:
ELK
ELK , a See also:

RIVER

river and See also:

lake of the' See also:

province of See also:

ALBERTA

Alberta, See also:

CANADA

Canada. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains near the Yellowhead Pass in 52° Io' N. and tr7° to' W., and flows See also:

north-See also:

east as far as Athabasca Landing, and thence north into Lake Athabasca. It is 740 M. See also:

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, See also:

west to east, from 20 to 32 M. wide, has an See also:

AREA

area of 3085 sq. m., and is 690 ft. above the See also:

sea. It discharges its See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters northward by Slave river and the See also:

Mackenzie See also:

SYSTEM

system to the See also:

ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

Arctic Ocean. On its north See also:

SHORE

shore the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is high and rocky; on the See also:

south, sandy and barren. Shallow-See also:

DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

draught steamers navigate the lake and river, and Lesser Slave lake and river, with one interruption—at See also:

GRAND

Grand Rapids near the mouth of the Clearwater river.

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