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Great Slave Lake [1] [a] is the second-largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada (after Great Bear Lake), the deepest lake in North America at 614 m (2,014 ft), [2] and the tenth-largest lake in the world by area.
Slave Lake is a town in northern Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124. It is approximately 255 km (158 mi) northwest of Edmonton . It is located on the southeast shore of Lesser Slave Lake at the junction of Highway 2 and Highway 88 .
Lesser Slave Lake is located in northern Alberta, Canada, northwest of Edmonton. It is the second largest lake entirely within Alberta boundaries (and the largest easily accessible by vehicle), covering 1,160 km 2 (450 sq mi) and measuring over 100 km (62 mi) long and 15 km (9.3 mi) at its widest point.
The park is in Big Lakes County in central Alberta, approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) east of Grouard on township road 752A. [4] It is on the north shore of Lesser Slave Lake from Grouard Indian Reserve 231, now Kapawe'no 231, in the east to Hilliard's Bay Provincial Park in the west. [2] The park is accessed via township road 752A.
Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park and birdwatching area located in north-central Alberta, Canada.. The park is located on the northeastern shore of the Lesser Slave Lake (while Hilliard's Bay Provincial Park, Lesser Slave Lake Wildland and Grouard Trail Park Reserve stand on the northwestern shore), 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north from the town of Slave Lake on Highway 88.
Slavey or just Slave is a translation of Awokanak, [2] the name given to Dene by the Cree "who sometimes raided and enslaved their less aggressive northern neighbors []". [3] [4] [5] The names of the Slave River, Lesser Slave River, Great Slave Lake, and Lesser Slave Lake all derive from this Cree name.
The Lesser Slave River (Cree Iyaghchi Eennu Sepe, translation: "River of the Strange People" [1]) is a river in central Alberta, Canada. It is a major tributary of the Athabasca River . The Lesser Slave Lake and the river were the main links to the Peace River district until the beginning of the 20th century, when the construction of the ...
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. The river's name is thought to derive from the name for the Slavey group of the Dene First Nations, Deh Gah Gotʼine , in the Athabaskan languages . [ 1 ]