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There is a series of rapids approximately 20 kilometers long between [[Fort Resolution]] and [[Fort Smith]] that forces passengers and freight to be [[portage]]d. | There is a series of rapids approximately 20 kilometers long between [[Fort Resolution]] and [[Fort Smith]] that forces passengers and freight to be [[portage]]d. | ||
The river is 434 kilometers long.<ref name=spectacularnwtGreatSlaveLake/> | |||
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| url = https://spectacularnwt.com/story/19-reasons-to-see-great-slave-lake | |||
| title = 19 reasons to see Great Slave Lake | |||
| work = [[Government of the Northwest Territories]] | |||
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| accessdate = 2022-03-04 | |||
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| quote = This freshwater lake, located in the southern half of the Northwest Territories, is the 11th largest in the world and, after Great Bear (also in the NWT), the biggest entirely within Canada. | |||
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Revision as of 11:18, 4 March 2022
The Slave River flows from Lake Athabasca to Great Slave Lake, the source of the Mackenzie River.
There is a series of rapids approximately 20 kilometers long between Fort Resolution and Fort Smith that forces passengers and freight to be portaged.
The river is 434 kilometers long.[1]
References
- ↑ 19 reasons to see Great Slave Lake, Government of the Northwest Territories. Retrieved on 2022-03-04. “This freshwater lake, located in the southern half of the Northwest Territories, is the 11th largest in the world and, after Great Bear (also in the NWT), the biggest entirely within Canada.”