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GREAT SLAVE LAKE (ATHAPUSCOW)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 422 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GREAT

GREAT SLAVE See also:
LAKE
LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)
LAKE (ATHAPUSCOW) , a lake of See also:

Mackenzie See also:

DISTRICT

district, See also:

CANADA

Canada. It is situated between 6o° 50' and 62° 55' N. and See also:

roe 40' and 117° W., at an See also:

ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of 391 ft. above the See also:

sea. It is 325 M. See also:

long, from 15 to 50 M. wide, and includes an See also:

AREA

area of 9770 sq. m. The See also:

WATER

water is very clear and deep. Its See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast See also:

LINE

line is irregular and deeply indented by large bays, and its See also:

north-eastern shores are rugged and mountainous. The western shores are well wooded, chiefly with spruce, but the See also:

NORTHERN

northern and eastern are dreary and barren. It is navigable from about the 1st of See also:

JULY

July to the end of See also:

OCTOBER

October. The Yellow-See also:

KNIFE (0. E. cuff, a word appearing in different forms in many Teutonic languages, cf. Du. knijf, Ger. Kneif, a shoe-maker's knife, Swed. knif; the ultimate origin is unknown; Skeat finds the origin in the root of " nip," formerly " knip "; Fr. canif is a

knife, See also:

HOAR, SAMUEL (1778-1856)

Hoar-See also:

frost, See also:

Lockhart (discharging the See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of See also:

AYLMER, JOHN (1521-1594)

Aylmer, See also:

Clinton-See also:

COLDEN, CADWALLADER (1688–1776)

Colden and See also:

ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

Artillery Lakes), Tchzudezeth, Du Rocher, See also:

Hay (400 M. in length), and Slave See also:

rivers empty into Great Slave Lake. The bulk of its water empties by the Mackenzie See also:

RIVER

river into the See also:

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

Arctic Ocean, but a small portion finds its way by the See also:

ARK (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Arche, adapted from the Lat. area, chest, cf. arcere, to shut up, enclose)„ a chest, basket or box. The Hebrew word tebah, translated in the' A.V. by " ark," is used in the Old Testament (1)

Ark-i-linik river into See also:

Hudson's See also:

BAY

Bay. It was discovered in 1771 by See also:

SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

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