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:
Geographical features
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Mount Athabasca (), a mountain in Jasper National Park, Canada
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Athabasca Glacier, a glacier in Jasper National Park, Canada
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Athabasca River, river in Alberta, Canada
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Athabasca Falls, waterfalls on the Athabasca River
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Peace-Athabasca Delta – of the Peace River, Athabasca River, near Lake Athabasca
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Athabasca Oil Sands – oil-producing region in Alberta, Canada
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Lake Athabasca, large lake in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada
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Athabasca Pass, a mountain pass in Jasper National Park
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Athabasca Valles, a feature on the surface of the planet Mars
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Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park, a unique geophysical land feature in the boreal shield ecosystem Saskatchewan, Canada
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Athabasca Basin, a region in Northern Saskatchewan and Alberta, the source of the world's highest grade uranium deposits
Administrative features
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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
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Athabasca County, a municipal district in Alberta, Canada
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District of Athabasca, a former district of the North-West Territory
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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
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Athabasca (electoral district), a federal electoral district (since 1968) in Alberta
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Athabasca (Alberta provincial electoral district), 1905–1986
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Athabasca (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district)
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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
Other
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Athabaskan languages, a language family indigenous to North America
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Athabaska Herald, one of the officers of arms at the Canadian Heraldic Authority
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''Athabasca'' (novel), novel by Alistair MacLean
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Athabasca, 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''
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Boats of the Mackenzie River watershed
* , see
Boats of the Mackenzie River watershed
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Boats of the Mackenzie River watershed
* , a Canadian-owned, British-registered merchant ship bombed 2 December 1943 during World War II
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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 ...
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Athabasca Valles, a channel on the planet Mars
See also
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Arthabaska (disambiguation), the name of several geographic features in Quebec, shares the same root
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