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Athabaska, Athabasca 1. Lake. a lake in W Canada, in NW Saskatchewan and NE Alberta. Area: about 7770 sq. km (3000 sq. miles) 2. a river in W Canada, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing northeast to Lake Athabaska. Length: 1230 km (765 miles) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In the early 1800s the Northwest Company established the gateway to their Athabaska region at this site. The 11 dioceses that make up the Council of the North (Arctic, Athabaska, Brandon, Caledonia, Cariboo, Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador, Keewatin, Moosonee, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Yukon) are deciding how to cope with lower grants, said Jim Cullen, treasurer of General Synod. Yet, by 1846, the two priests created a standing mission at Ile-a-la-Crosse in Northern Saskatchewan, and started another three years later on Lake Athabaska in Northern Alberta. |
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