Athabasca

[ ath-uh-bas-kuh ]

/ ˌæθ əˈbæs kə /

Lake, a lake in W Canada, in NW Saskatchewan and NE Alberta. About 200 miles (320 km) long; about 3000 sq. mi. (7800 sq. km).

a river in SW Alberta, Canada, flowing NE to Lake Athabasca; oil-bearing tar sands. 765 miles (1231 km) long.

Example sentences from the Web for athabasca

Michael keeps his cool until he sees piles of Petroleum Coke on the banks of the Athabasca.

Our Trip to The Climate War's Ground Zero |Darren Aronofsky |September 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
We join Chief Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) tribe for dinner.

Our Trip to The Climate War's Ground Zero |Darren Aronofsky |September 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Have been on muddy water ever since we started out at Athabasca Landing.

Young Alaskans in the Far North |Emerson Hough
At all events, it stretches almost from the Saskatchewan to the Athabasca, and indicates some great watershed in times past.

Through the Mackenzie Basin |Charles Mair

It's a branch arm o' the Athabasca, and has been a torrent at some flood-time—the time that probably started the legend.

The Fiery Totem |Argyll Saxby
They left Athabasca Lake—here it is on the map—on June third, and they got to the mouth of the great river in forty days.

Young Alaskans in the Far North |Emerson Hough
Shortly after these Athabasca Indians had left us I saw a large boatload of men coming across the lake towards our village.

By Canoe and Dog-Train |Egerton Ryerson Young