6 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREAT SLAVE RIVER»
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Geographical Dictionary of the World
Mackenzie River, a large river of Canada, which in the upper part of its course is
called the Athabasca (which see). This rises near Mount Brown and enters Lake
Athabasca, from which Great Slave River runs nearly northward to Great Slave ...
... forms the islands at the west end of the lake and the country about the mouth of
the river Athabasm, and the exit of the Great Slave river '. I The work of the
Geological Survey of Canada, which has extended as far as the Great Slave lake,
and ...
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As Long as this Land Shall Last: A History of Treaty 8 and ...
It may perhaps be possible to drop [the treaty boundary] down the Great Slave
River as far as Fort Resolution. If this could be done, the whole territory to the
Southern shore of Great Slave Lake might be included in the surrender. . .. I,
however ...
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A Journey to the Polar Sea
... the Little Buffalo River which is connected with the Salt River and is about fifty
yards wide at its junction with the lake – the water is brackish. This route is
usually taken in the winter as it cuts off a large angle in going to the Great Slave
River.
... handful of survivors along the Great Slave River. Because of its northern
distribution, it was once believed that this animal did not come into contact with
Europeans, other than a few trappers, until relatively late in the nineteenth
century.
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Boston: The Place and the People
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wol Howe, 2012
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREAT SLAVE RIVER»
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Gambia holidays: A wealth of surprises in this little African nation
This is the great slave river, the last sight of their homeland for so many Africans deported to the Americas - as Alex Haley described in Roots. «Daily Mail, Feb 14»
