Athabasca (also Athabaska) is an anglicized version of the

Cree The Cree, or nehinaw (, ), are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, North American Indigenous people, numbering more than 350,000 in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations in Canada, First Nations. They live prim ...

name for

Lake Athabasca Lake Athabasca ( ; French: ''lac Athabasca''; from Woods Cree: , " herethere are plants one after another") is in the north-west corner of Saskatchewan and the north-east corner of Alberta between 58° and 60° N in Canada. The lake is ...

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, āthap-āsk-ā-w (pronounced ), meaning "grass or reeds here and there". Most places named Athabasca are found in

Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...

, Canada. Athabasca may also refer to:

Geographical features

Mount Athabasca Mount Athabasca is 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 are reed ...

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

Athabasca Glacier The Athabasca Glacier is one of the six principal Glacier terminus, 'toes' of the Columbia Icefield, located in the Canadian Rockies. The glacier currently loses depth at a rate of about per year and has Retreat of glaciers since 1850, receded ...

, a glacier in Jasper National Park, Canada *

Athabasca River The Athabasca River (French: ''Rivière Athabasca'') in Alberta, Canada, originates at the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park and flows more than before emptying into Lake Athabasca. Much of the land along its banks is protected in nationa ...

, river in Alberta, Canada **

Athabasca Falls Athabasca Falls is a waterfall in Jasper National Park on the upper Athabasca River, approximately south of the townsite of Jasper, Alberta, Canada, and just west of the Icefields Parkway. Geography and geology Athabasca Falls is a Class 5 wat ...

, waterfalls on the Athabasca River ** Peace-Athabasca Delta – of the Peace River, Athabasca River, near Lake Athabasca *

Athabasca Oil Sands The Athabasca oil sands, also known as the Athabasca tar sands, are large deposits of oil sands rich in bitumen, a heavy and viscous form of petroleum, in northeastern Alberta, Canada. These reserves are one of the largest sources of unconventi ...

– oil-producing region in Alberta, Canada *

, large lake in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada *

Athabasca Pass Athabasca Pass (el. ) is a high mountain pass in the Canadian Rockies on the border between Alberta and British Columbia. In fur trade days it connected Jasper House on the Athabasca River with Boat Encampment on the Columbia River.Whittaker, ...

, 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 Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park was created to protect the Athabasca sand dunes, a unique boreal shield ecosystem located in the far-northwest part of the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District. The Athabasca sand dunes are one of ...

, a unique geophysical land feature in the boreal shield ecosystem Saskatchewan, Canada *

Athabasca Basin The Athabasca Basin is a region in the Canadian Shield of northern Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada. It is best known as the world's leading source of high-grade uranium and currently supplies about 20% of the world's uranium. The basin i ...

, a region in Northern Saskatchewan and Alberta, the source of the world's highest grade uranium deposits

Administrative features

Athabasca, Alberta Athabasca (2021 census (Canada), 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 Alberta Highway 2, Highway 2 and Alberta Highway 55, Hig ...

, town in Canada, formerly (1880–1914) named Athabasca Landing *

Athabasca County Athabasca County is a municipal district in north central Alberta, Canada. It is located northeast of Edmonton and is in Census Division No. 13. Prior to an official renaming on December 1, 2009, Athabasca County was officially known as the ...

, 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 ...

, 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 Edmon ...

, 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) Athabasca was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1986. History The Athabasca electoral district was one of the original 25 electoral distr ...

, 1905–1986 *

Athabasca (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district) Athabasca is a Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located in the extreme northwest corner of the province. The major indust ...

Athabasca University Athabasca University (AU) is a Canadian public 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 Canadian ...

, a distance learning university in Athabasca, Alberta, Canada

Other

Athabaskan languages Athabaskan ( ; also spelled ''Athabascan'', ''Athapaskan'' or ''Athapascan'', and also known as Dene) is a large branch of the Na-Dene languages, Na-Dene language family of North America, located in western North America in three areal language ...

, a language family indigenous to North America *

Athabaska Herald The Canadian Heraldic Authority (CHA; ) 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 the creation and granting of new coats ...

, one of the officers of arms at the Canadian Heraldic Authority * ''Athabasca'' (novel), novel by Alistair MacLean * 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'' * , 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 in Canada, Indigenous peoples, specifically the Dene, as a travel and hunting corridor. Also known as the Deh Cho, it is part o ...

* , see

* , a Canadian-owned, British-registered merchant ship bombed 2 December 1943 during World War II *

Athabascaite Athabascaite is a member of the copper selenide minerals, and forms with other copper selenides. It was first discovered by S. Kaiman in 1949 while he was researching radioactive materials around Lake Athabasca. Kaiman was conducting research ne ...

, a mineral * Athabaska Airways, earlier name of

Transwest Air Rise Air is a scheduled and Air charter, charter airline primarily serving the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Its headquarters and main base are in Saskatoon. Rise Air, a First Nations in Canada, First ...

, a channel on the planet Mars

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