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WHAT DOES GREAT SLAVE LAKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Great Slave Lake

Great Slave Lake

Great Slave Lake is the second-largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada, the deepest lake in North America at 614 metres, and the tenth-largest lake in the world. It is 480 km long and 19 to 109 km wide. It covers an area of 27,200 km2 in the southern part of the territory. Its given volume ranges from 1,070 km3 to 1,580 km3 and up to 2,088 km3 making it the 10th or 12th largest. The lake shares its name with the Slavey First Nations. Towns situated on the lake include: Yellowknife, Hay River, Behchoko, Fort Resolution, Lutselk'e, Hay River Reserve, Dettah and N'Dilo. The only community in the East Arm is Lutselk'e, a hamlet of about 350 people, largely Chipewyan Aboriginals of the Dene Nation and the now abandoned winter camp/Hudson's Bay Company post, Fort Reliance.

Definition of Great Slave Lake in the English dictionary

The definition of Great Slave Lake in the dictionary is a lake in NW Canada, in the Northwest Territories: drained by the Mackenzie River into the Arctic Ocean. Area: 28 440 sq km.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GREAT SLAVE LAKE

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Great Sark
Great Satan
Great Schism
great seal
great skua
Great Slave River
Great Smokies
Great Smoky Mountains
Great St Bernard Pass
Great Stour
great tit
Great Trek
great vassal
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Great Vowel Shift

WORDS THAT END LIKE GREAT SLAVE LAKE

Great Bear Lake
Great Salt Lake
Ijssel Lake
Kootenai Lake
Kootenay Lake
Lady of the Lake
Okanagan Lake
Pitch Lake
Poyang Lake
Red Deer Lake
Reindeer Lake
Swan Lake

Synonyms and antonyms of Great Slave Lake in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Great Slave Lake» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GREAT SLAVE LAKE

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Translator English - Chinese

大奴湖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Gran Lago del Esclavo
570 millions of speakers

English

Great Slave Lake
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ग्रेट दास झील
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

بحيرة كبيرة الرقيق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Великий Slave Lake
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Great Slave Lake
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গ্রেট স্লেভ লেক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Grand lac des Esclaves
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Great Slave Lake
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Großen Sklavensees
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

グレートスレーブ湖
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

그레이트 슬레이브 호수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Great Slave Lake
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Great Slave Lake
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெரிய ஸ்லேவ் லேக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्रेट स्लाव्ह लेक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Büyük Köle Lake
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Great Slave Lake
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Świetna Slave Lake
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Великий Slave Lake
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Great Slave Lake
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Great Slave Lake
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Great Slave Lake
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Great Slave Lake
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Flott Slave Lake
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GREAT SLAVE LAKE»

The term «Great Slave Lake» is normally little used and occupies the 109.694 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREAT SLAVE LAKE»

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Great Slave Lake and Mackenzie River
Including Athabasca and Slave Rivers.
Canadian Hydrographic Service, 1974
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Great Slave Lake and Mackenzie River Pilot
Including Athabasca and Slave Rivers.
‎1968
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Sailing directions: Great Slave Lake and Mackenzie River
Including Athabasca and Slave Rivers.
Canadian Hydrographic Service, J. I. Robichaud, 1977
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Sailing Directions: Great Slave Lake and Mackenzie River
Including Athabasca and Slave Rivers.
Canadian Hydrographic Service, 1977
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Encyclopedia of Earth Science
Great Slave Lake, Nunavut The Great Slave Lake, named after the Dene Slavey Indians, covers 10,980 square miles (28,44 km2) in Nunavut, formerly the Northwest Territories of Canada. The lake is 300 miles (483 km) long and between 12 ...
Timothy M. Kusky, 2009
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Canoeing North Into the Unknown: A Record of River Travel, ...
on Great Slave Lake but because of forest fires crossed to Snowdrift and flew out from there. [Morse, Freshwater Saga, p. 60] 1971 Camp Widjiwagan - see Thelon 1972 Rolf Esko - see Thelon 1972 Duke Watson, with A. Hovey, V. Josendal ...
Bruce W. Hodgins, Gwyneth Hoyle, 1997
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Rivers of the World: A Social, Geographical, and ...
Source: Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada Length: 1,120 miles ( 1,802 kilometers) Tributaries: Liard, Ramparts, Great Bear, Arctic Red, Peel Outlet: Beaufort Sea, an arm of the Arctic Ocean Traveling more than a thousand miles ...
James R. Penn, 2001
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Lakes
Great. Slave. Lake. Canada. At. this subarctic lake in Canada's Northwest Territories, the last glacier is news from practically yesterday. Great Slave Lake emerged from its vast white “lid” fewer than 11,000 years ago and took its present shape ...
Jeanne K. Hanson, 2007
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The Great Slave Lake area: its potential for the development ...
Report for the Northwest Territories Council by the Co-operative Union of Canada. Reconnaissance survey of social and economic needs of a region in NWT.
Henry Llewellyn Fowler, John T. Phalen, Northwest Territories. Council, 1963
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North of Athabasca: Slave Lake and Mackenzie River Documents ...
As early as the fall of 18o6, the Nor 'Westers established a post on Hay River, a stream that empties into Great Slave Lake near the head of the Mackenzie River. 268 Although provisioned from Fort Vermilion on Peace River, Hay River Post ...
Lloyd Keith, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREAT SLAVE LAKE»

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Operation Nunakput 2015 navigates Mackenzie River
More than 100 people are taking part in the operation, which will see participants travel 1,800 kilometres along Great Slave Lake and the ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
2
Animal Planet to Premiere New Season of ICE LAKE REBELS, 7/26
... ICE LAKE REBELS returns with nine bone-chilling episodes that transport viewers north of the border to Canada's massive Great Slave Lake. «Broadway World, Jul 15»
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SAM COOK COLUMN: The lure of the long, hard trail
Why paddle into the wind on Great Slave Lake, as Fredin and Peterson did, until you feel as if your arms might just fall off — and keep on ... «Duluth News Tribune, Jul 15»
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Newsmaker: Winchell Delano, canoeing through flames
The best parts are still to come, including Great Slave Lake and the tundra of the Arctic region. Currently 184 days into their journey (they ... «Macleans.ca, Jul 15»
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North of 60: Hunting and Fishing Great Slave Lake with the First …
Marlowe is one of the most experienced hunters in his village of Lutselk'e, a First Nations community on the eastern shore of Great Slave Lake. “The only duck ... «Outdoor Life Magazine, Jul 15»
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Arctic operation involving Canadian Rangers now under way
This year, the route begins in Hay River, NT at the edge of Great Slave Lake then moves north along the entire length of the Mackenzie River, ... «Ottawa Citizen, Jul 15»
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Hay River latest stop for grou...
... forest fires along the Slave River when we were coming up, and it was most prominent at the delta of Slave River and the Great Slave Lake. «My Yellowknife Now, Jul 15»
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Mackenzie River water levels could affect barges for second straight …
On the Mackenzie River, the Coast Guard has just completed placing navigational buoys marking the way from Great Slave Lake to Inuvik. «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
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Guelph man key in saving Rupert's Land for Canada
In 1846, worn out and ill after spending two winters at Great Slave Lake, McLean applied to HBC Governor George Simpson for retirement, ... «Guelph Mercury, Jul 15»
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Universities adopt principles on indigenous education
Their release coincided with a meeting of the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada in Yellowknife, on the shore of the Great Slave Lake, ... «University World News, Jul 15»

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