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Slave Lake

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Slave Lake

Town in north-central Alberta, Canada, near the southern shore of Lesser Slave Lake, 211 km/131 mi northwest of Edmonton; population (1991) 5,600. Its economy is based on local timber and oil resources and it has long been a transportation centre between the Arctic and Hudson Bay watersheds.

Riverboats had to pass here to reach the Peace River country early in the 20th century, leading to the original settlement of Sawridge (1906). A flood (1935-36) resulted in the town being moved 2 km/1 mi to its present site. The construction of the Alaska Highway stimulated further growth during World War II.



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Lawrence near Montreal, and by other rivers and portages, to Lake Nipising, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, and thence, by several chains of great and small lakes, to Lake Winnipeg, Lake Athabasca, and the Great Slave Lake.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
Three Eagles was going away on a trip up the Mackenzie to the Great Slave Lake.
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