Athabasca (also Athabaska) is an anglicized version of the

Cree The Cree ( cr, néhinaw, script=Latn, , etc.; french: link=no, Cri) are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, North American Indigenous people. They live primarily in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations in Canada ...

name for Lake Athabasca in Canada, āthap-āsk-ā-w (pronounced ), meaning "grass or reeds here and there". Most places named Athabasca are found in Alberta, Canada. Athabasca may also refer to:

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Mount Athabasca Mount Athabasca is located in the Columbia Icefield of Jasper National Park in Canada. The mountain was named in 1898 by J. Norman Collie, who made the first ascent on August 18 of that year. Athabasca is the Cree language name for "where there ...

(), a mountain in Jasper National Park, Canada **

Athabasca Glacier The Athabasca Glacier is one of the six principal 'toes' of the Columbia Icefield, located in the Canadian Rockies. The glacier currently loses depth at a rate of about per year and has receded more than and lost over half of its volume in ...

, a glacier in Jasper National Park, Canada * Athabasca River, river in Alberta, Canada ** Athabasca Falls, waterfalls on the Athabasca River ** Peace-Athabasca Delta – of the Peace River, Athabasca River, near Lake Athabasca * Athabasca Oil Sands – oil-producing region in Alberta, Canada * Lake Athabasca, large lake in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada * Athabasca Pass, a mountain pass in Jasper National Park *

Athabasca Valles The Athabasca Valles are a late Amazonian-period outflow channel system in the central Elysium Planitia region of Mars, located to the south of the Elysium Rise. They are part of a network of outflow channels in this region that are understood ...

, a feature on the surface of the planet Mars * Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park, a unique geophysical land feature in the boreal shield ecosystem Saskatchewan, Canada * Athabasca Basin, a region in Northern Saskatchewan and Alberta, the source of the world's highest grade uranium deposits

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Athabasca, Alberta Athabasca ( 2021 population 2,759), originally named Athabasca Landing, is a town in northern Alberta, Canada. It is located north of Edmonton at the intersection of Highway 2 and Highway 55, on the banks of the Athabasca River. It is the cen ...

, town in Canada, formerly (1880–1914) named Athabasca Landing * Athabasca County, a municipal district in Alberta, Canada *

District of Athabasca The District of Athabasca was a regional administrative district of Canada's Northwest Territories. It was formed in 1882, was later enlarged, and then abolished with the creation of the provinces of Saskatchewan (its central-eastern part) and ...

, a former district of the North-West Territory *

Athabaska (electoral district) Athabaska was a federal electoral district Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1968. History This riding was created as "Athabaska" in 1924 from parts of Battle River, Edmonton East and Edmonton We ...

, a former federal electoral district (1925–1968) in Alberta *

Athabasca (electoral district) Athabasca (also Athabaska) is an anglicized version of the Cree name for Lake Athabasca in Canada, āthap-āsk-ā-w (pronounced ), meaning "grass or reeds here and there". Most places named Athabasca are found in Alberta, Canada. Athabasca may al ...

, a federal electoral district (since 1968) in Alberta * Athabasca (Alberta provincial electoral district), 1905–1986 *

Athabasca (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district) Athabasca is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located in the extreme northwest corner of the province. The major industries are tourism, mineral extraction, forestry, commercial fishing a ...

Athabasca University Athabasca University (AU) is a Canadian public research university that primarily operates through online distance education. Founded in 1970, it is one of four comprehensive academic and research universities in Alberta, and was the first ...

, a distance learning university in Athabasca, Alberta, Canada

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* Athabaskan languages, a language family indigenous to North America *

Athabaska Herald The Canadian Heraldic Authority (CHA; french: Autorité héraldique du Canada) is part of the Canadian honours system under the Canadian monarch, whose authority is exercised by the Governor General of Canada. The authority is responsible for th ...

, one of the officers of arms at the Canadian Heraldic Authority * ''Athabasca'' (novel), novel by Alistair MacLean *

Athabasca Athabasca (also Athabaska) is an anglicized version of the Cree name for Lake Athabasca in Canada, āthap-āsk-ā-w (pronounced ), meaning "grass or reeds here and there". Most places named Athabasca are found in Alberta, Canada. Athabasca may a ...

, a character in Terry Brooks's ''Shannara'' series * , a steamship launched in Scotland in 1883 and put into service on the Great Lakes, along with and * Any of three ships named HMCS ''Athabaskan'' * , see

Boats of the Mackenzie River watershed The Mackenzie River in Canada's Northwest Territories is a historic waterway, used for centuries by Indigenous peoples, specifically the Dene, as a travel and hunting corridor. Also known as the Deh Cho, it is part of a larger watershed that inc ...

* , see

* , a Canadian-owned, British-registered merchant ship bombed 2 December 1943 during World War II * Athabascaite, a mineral * Athabaska Airways, earlier name of

Transwest Air Transwest Air was a scheduled and charter airline primarily serving the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Its headquarters and main base was at Prince Albert. Transwest was formed in 2000 by the merger of Air Sask, established as La Ronge Av ...

, a channel on the planet Mars

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