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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A3%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7" title="بحيرة أثاباسكا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بحيرة أثاباسكا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atabaska_g%C3%B6l%C3%BC" title="Atabaska gölü – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Atabaska gölü" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A6" title="আথাবাস্কা হ্রদ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="আথাবাস্কা হ্রদ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_(%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0)" title="Атабаска (возера) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Атабаска (возера)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_(%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE)" title="Атабаска (езеро) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Атабаска (езеро)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athabasca_(jezero)" title="Athabasca (jezero) – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Athabasca (jezero)" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llac_Athabasca" title="Llac Athabasca – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Llac Athabasca" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_(%D0%BA%D3%B3%D0%BB%C4%95)" title="Атабаска (кӳлĕ) – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Атабаска (кӳлĕ)" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac_Athabasca_(lanaw_sa_Alberta)" title="Lac Athabasca (lanaw sa Alberta) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Lac Athabasca (lanaw sa Alberta)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athabasca_(jezero)" title="Athabasca (jezero) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Athabasca (jezero)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llyn_Athabasca" title="Llyn Athabasca – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Llyn Athabasca" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athabascas%C3%B8en" title="Athabascasøen – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Athabascasøen" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athabascasee" title="Athabascasee – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Athabascasee" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athabasca_j%C3%A4rv" title="Athabasca järv – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Athabasca järv" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%AF%CE%BC%CE%BD%CE%B7_%CE%91%CE%B8%CE%B1%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%B1" title="Λίμνη Αθαμπάσκα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Λίμνη Αθαμπάσκα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lago_Athabasca" title="Lago Athabasca – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Lago Athabasca" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atabaska_Lago" title="Atabaska Lago – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Atabaska Lago" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athabasca_aintzira" title="Athabasca aintzira – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Athabasca aintzira" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%DA%86%D9%87_%D8%A2%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="دریاچه آتاباسکا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دریاچه آتاباسکا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac_Athabasca" title="Lac Athabasca – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Lac Athabasca" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atabaskamar" title="Atabaskamar – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Atabaskamar" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A0%EC%84%9C%EB%B0%B0%EC%8A%A4%EC%B9%B4%ED%98%B8" title="애서배스카호 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="애서배스카호" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%A9%D5%A1%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%AF%D5%A1_(%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B3)" title="Աթաբասկա (լիճ) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Աթաբասկա (լիճ)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danau_Athabasca" title="Danau Athabasca – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Danau Athabasca" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lago_Athabasca" title="Lago Athabasca – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Lago Athabasca" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A2%E1%83%91%E1%83%90" title="ათაბასკის ტბა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ათაბასკის ტბა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_(%D0%BA%D3%A9%D0%BB)" title="Атабаска (көл) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Атабаска (көл)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D3%A9%D0%BB%D2%AF" title="Атабаска көлү – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Атабаска көлү" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacus_Athabasca" title="Lacus Athabasca – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Lacus Athabasca" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atabaskas_ezers" title="Atabaskas ezers – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Atabaskas ezers" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atabaskos_e%C5%BEeras" title="Atabaskos ežeras – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Atabaskos ežeras" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atapaszka-t%C3%B3" title="Atapaszka-tó – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Atapaszka-tó" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%99%E1%83%90_(%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%90)" title="ათაბასკა (ტობა) – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ათაბასკა (ტობა)" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%A7%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7" title="بحيره اثاباسكا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بحيره اثاباسكا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athabascameer" title="Athabascameer – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Athabascameer" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B5%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E6%B9%96" title="アサバスカ湖 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アサバスカ湖" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athabascasj%C3%B8en" title="Athabascasjøen – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Athabascasjøen" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atabaska_(ko%CA%BBl)" title="Atabaska (koʻl) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Atabaska (koʻl)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DA%BE%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%A7%D8%AA%DA%BE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="جھیل اتھابسکا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="جھیل اتھابسکا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athabaska_(jezioro)" title="Athabaska (jezioro) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Athabaska (jezioro)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lago_Athabasca" title="Lago Athabasca – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Lago Athabasca" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacul_Athabasca" title="Lacul Athabasca – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Lacul Athabasca" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_(%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE)" title="Атабаска (озеро) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Атабаска (озеро)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Canada_relief_map_2.svg/256px-Canada_relief_map_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="256" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Canada_relief_map_2.svg/384px-Canada_relief_map_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Canada_relief_map_2.svg/512px-Canada_relief_map_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1114" data-file-height="942" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:57.332%;left:31.164%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lake Athabasca"><img alt="Lake Athabasca" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/NASA_Lake_Athabasca.jpg/510px-NASA_Lake_Athabasca.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1408" data-file-height="494" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Lake Athabasca (August 24, 2002)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data region"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist" style="margin-left:1em;text-indent:-1em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Saskatchewan_Administration_District" title="Northern Saskatchewan Administration District">Northern Saskatchewan Administration District</a>, Saskatchewan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Municipality_of_Wood_Buffalo" title="Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo">Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo</a>, Alberta</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span title="Geographical coordinates">Coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Lake_Athabasca&params=59_22_1_N_108_0_4_W_type:waterbody_region:CA_scale:2500000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">59°22′1″N</span> <span class="longitude">108°0′4″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">59.36694°N 108.00111°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">59.36694; -108.00111</span></span></span></a></span><sup id="cite_ref-CGNDB_HAUGA_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGNDB_HAUGA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Lake#Types_of_lakes" title="Lake">Lake type</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Glacial_lake" title="Glacial lake">Glacial</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mackenzie_River" title="Mackenzie River">Mackenzie River</a> drainage basin</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Inflow_(hydrology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Inflow (hydrology)"><span title="Primary inflows: rivers, streams, precipitation">Primary inflows</span></a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Athabasca_River" title="Athabasca River">Athabasca River</a></li><li>William River</li><li>MacFarlane River</li><li>Colin River</li><li><a href="/wiki/Fond_du_Lac_River_(Saskatchewan)" title="Fond du Lac River (Saskatchewan)">Fond du Lac River</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Discharge_(hydrology)" title="Discharge (hydrology)"><span title="Primary outflows: rivers, streams, evaporation">Primary outflows</span></a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rivi%C3%A8re_des_Rochers" title="Rivière des Rochers">Rivière des Rochers</a>, which meets with the <a href="/wiki/Peace_River_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Peace River (Canada)">Peace</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Slave_River" title="Slave River">Slave</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">Catchment area</a></th><td class="infobox-data">271,000 km<sup>2</sup> (105,000 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">Basin</a> countries</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-bottom: #cedeff 1px solid"></th></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. length</th><td class="infobox-data">283 km (176 mi)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. width</th><td class="infobox-data">50 km (31 mi)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_by_area" title="List of lakes by area">Surface area</a></th><td class="infobox-data">7,850 km<sup>2</sup> (3,030 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-canatlas_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canatlas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Average depth</th><td class="infobox-data">26 m (85 ft)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. depth</th><td class="infobox-data">124 m (407 ft)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_by_volume" title="List of lakes by volume">Water volume</a></th><td class="infobox-data">204 km<sup>3</sup> (49 cu mi)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Shore length<sup>1</sup></th><td class="infobox-data">≈1,900 km (1,200 mi)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Surface elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">213 m (699 ft)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-bottom: #cedeff 1px solid"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Settlements</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Chipewyan" title="Fort Chipewyan">Fort Chipewyan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Uranium_City" title="Uranium City">Uranium City</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Camsell_Portage" title="Camsell Portage">Camsell Portage</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Fond_du_Lac_Denesuline_First_Nation" title="Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation">Fond du Lac</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">References</th><td class="infobox-data note"><sup id="cite_ref-canatlas_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canatlas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #cedeff; border-top: 1px solid #cedeff"><sup>1</sup> Shore length is <a href="/wiki/Coastline_paradox" title="Coastline paradox">not a well-defined measure</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lake Athabasca</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="/θ/: 'th' in 'thigh'">θ</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">ATH</span>-ə-<span style="font-size:90%">BASK</span>-ə</i></a>; French: <i>lac Athabasca</i>; from <a href="/wiki/Cree_language" title="Cree language">Woods Cree:</a> <span title="Woods Cree-language text"><span lang="cwd">ᐊᖬᐸᐢᑳᐤ</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span title="Woods Cree-language text"><i lang="cwd">aðapaskāw</i></span>, "[where] there are plants one after another")<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is in the north-west corner of <a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan" title="Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan</a> and the north-east corner of <a href="/wiki/Alberta" title="Alberta">Alberta</a> between <a href="/wiki/58th_parallel_north" title="58th parallel north">58°</a> and <a href="/wiki/60th_parallel_north" title="60th parallel north">60° N</a> in Canada. The lake is 26% in Alberta and 74% in Saskatchewan. </p><p>The lake is fed by the <a href="/wiki/Athabasca_River" title="Athabasca River">Athabasca River</a> and other rivers, and its water flows northward via the <a href="/wiki/Slave_River" title="Slave River">Slave River</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Mackenzie_River" title="Mackenzie River">Mackenzie River</a> system, eventually reaching the <a href="/wiki/Arctic_Ocean" title="Arctic Ocean">Arctic Ocean</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Athabasca&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Athabasca_Country" title="Athabasca Country">Athabasca Country</a></div> <p>The name in the <a href="/wiki/Woods_Cree_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Woods Cree language">Woods Cree language</a> originally referred only to the <a href="/wiki/Peace%E2%80%93Athabasca_Delta" title="Peace–Athabasca Delta">Peace–Athabasca Delta</a> formed by the confluence of the Peace and Athabasca rivers at the southwest corner of the lake. Prior to 1789, <a href="/wiki/Sir_Alexander_Mackenzie" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Alexander Mackenzie">Sir Alexander Mackenzie</a> explored the lake.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1791, <a href="/wiki/Philip_Turnor" title="Philip Turnor">Philip Turnor</a>, cartographer for the <a href="/wiki/Hudson%27s_Bay_Company" title="Hudson's Bay Company">Hudson's Bay Company</a>, wrote in his journal, "low swampy ground on the South side with a few willows growing upon it, from which the Lake in general takes its name Athapison in the Southern Cree tongue which signifies open country such as lakes with willows and grass growing about them".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Fidler_(explorer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Fidler (explorer)">Peter Fidler</a> originally recorded the name for the river in 1790 as <i>the Great Arabuska</i>. By 1801, the name had gained a closer spelling to the current name—Athapaskow Lake. By 1820, <a href="/wiki/George_Simpson_(administrator)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Simpson (administrator)">George Simpson</a> referred to both the lake and the river as "Athabasca".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography_and_natural_history">Geography and natural history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Athabasca&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography and natural history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_Athabasca.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lake_Athabasca.png/280px-Lake_Athabasca.png" decoding="async" width="280" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lake_Athabasca.png/420px-Lake_Athabasca.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lake_Athabasca.png 2x" data-file-width="514" data-file-height="321" /></a><figcaption>Lake Athabasca, Canada</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mackenzie_River_drainage_basin.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Mackenzie_River_drainage_basin.PNG/220px-Mackenzie_River_drainage_basin.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Mackenzie_River_drainage_basin.PNG/330px-Mackenzie_River_drainage_basin.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Mackenzie_River_drainage_basin.PNG/440px-Mackenzie_River_drainage_basin.PNG 2x" data-file-width="513" data-file-height="569" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mackenzie_River" title="Mackenzie River">Mackenzie River</a> drainage basin showing Lake Athabasca's position south of <a href="/wiki/Great_Slave_Lake" title="Great Slave Lake">Great Slave Lake</a> </figcaption></figure> <p>The lake covers 7,850 square kilometres (3,030 sq mi), is 283 kilometres (176 mi) long, has a maximum width of 50 kilometres (31 mi), and a maximum depth of 124 metres (407 ft), and holds 204 cubic kilometres (49 cu mi) of water, making it the largest and one of the deepest lakes in both Alberta and Saskatchewan (nearby <a href="/wiki/Tazin_Lake" title="Tazin Lake">Tazin Lake</a> is deeper), and the eighth largest in Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Water flows northward from the lake via the <a href="/wiki/Slave_River" title="Slave River">Slave River</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mackenzie_River" title="Mackenzie River">Mackenzie River</a> systems, eventually reaching the <a href="/wiki/Arctic_Ocean" title="Arctic Ocean">Arctic Ocean</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Fort_Chipewyan" title="Fort Chipewyan">Fort Chipewyan</a>, one of the oldest European settlements in Alberta, is on the western shore of the lake, where the <a href="/wiki/Rivi%C3%A8re_des_Rochers" title="Rivière des Rochers">Rivière des Rochers</a> drains the lake and flows toward <a href="/wiki/Slave_River" title="Slave River">Slave River</a>, beginning its northward journey along the eastern boundary of <a href="/wiki/Wood_Buffalo_National_Park" title="Wood Buffalo National Park">Wood Buffalo National Park</a>. The eastern section of the lake narrows to a width of about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) near the community of <a href="/wiki/Fond-du-Lac,_Saskatchewan" class="mw-redirect" title="Fond-du-Lac, Saskatchewan">Fond du Lac</a> on the northern shore then continues to its most easterly point at the mouth of the Fond du Lac River. </p><p>Fidler Point on the north shore of Lake Athabasca is named for <a href="/wiki/Peter_Fidler_(explorer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Fidler (explorer)">Peter Fidler</a>, a surveyor and map maker for the <a href="/wiki/Hudson%27s_Bay_Company" title="Hudson's Bay Company">Hudson's Bay Company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Along with other lakes such as the <a href="/wiki/Great_Bear_Lake" title="Great Bear Lake">Great Bear Lake</a> and <a href="/wiki/Great_Slave_Lake" title="Great Slave Lake">Great Slave Lake</a>, Lake Athabasca is a remnant of the vast <a href="/wiki/Glacial_Lake_McConnell" class="mw-redirect" title="Glacial Lake McConnell">Glacial Lake McConnell</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tributaries">Tributaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Athabasca&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tributaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tributaries of Lake Athabasca include (going clockwise); Fond du Lac River, Otherside River, Helmer Creek, MacFarlane River, Archibald River, William River, Ennuyeuse Creek, Dumville Creek, Debussac Creek, Jackfish Creek, Claussen Creek, Old Fort River, Crown Creek, Athabasca River, Colin River, Oldman River, Bulyea River, Grease River and Robillard River.<sup id="cite_ref-Natural_Resources_Canada_map_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Natural_Resources_Canada_map-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Atlas_of_Canada_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Atlas_of_Canada-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development_and_environment">Development and environment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Athabasca&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Development and environment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Uranium" title="Uranium">Uranium</a> and gold mining along the northern shore resulted in the birth of <a href="/wiki/Uranium_City,_Saskatchewan" class="mw-redirect" title="Uranium City, Saskatchewan">Uranium City, Saskatchewan</a>, which was home to mine workers and their families. While the last mine closed in the 1980s, the effects of mining operations had already heavily contaminated the northern shores. The large <a href="/wiki/Athabasca_oil_sands" title="Athabasca oil sands">oil sands</a> mining nearby is suspected to have added to the current pollution levels in the lake.<sup id="cite_ref-Npr_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Npr-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October<span class="nowrap"> </span>31, 2013, one of <a href="/wiki/Obed_Mountain_coal_mine_spill" title="Obed Mountain coal mine spill">Obed Mountain coal mine</a>'s pits failed, and from between 600 million to a billion litres of slurry poured into the Plante and Apetowun Creeks.<sup id="cite_ref-vice_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vice-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The plume of waste products then joined the Athabasca River, travelling downstream for a month before settling in Lake Athabasca near <a href="/wiki/Fort_Chipewyan" title="Fort Chipewyan">Fort Chipewyan</a>, over 500 kilometres (310 mi) away.<sup id="cite_ref-vice_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vice-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Lake_Athabasca_Sand_Dunes" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Athabasca Sand Dunes">Lake Athabasca Sand Dunes</a>, the largest active sand dunes in the world north of 58°, are adjacent to the southern shore in Saskatchewan. The dunes were designated a "<a href="/wiki/List_of_protected_areas_of_Saskatchewan#Provincial_parks" title="List of protected areas of Saskatchewan">Provincial Wilderness Park</a>" in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lake Athabasca contains 23 species of fish, with a world record <a href="/wiki/Lake_trout" title="Lake trout">lake trout</a> of 46.3 kilograms (102 lb) caught from its depths in 1961 by means of a <a href="/wiki/Gillnet" class="mw-redirect" title="Gillnet">gillnet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other fish species include <a href="/wiki/Walleye" title="Walleye">walleye</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yellow_perch" title="Yellow perch">yellow perch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_pike" title="Northern pike">northern pike</a>, <a href="/wiki/Goldeye" title="Goldeye">goldeye</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lake_whitefish" title="Lake whitefish">lake whitefish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cisco_(fish)" title="Cisco (fish)">cisco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arctic_grayling" title="Arctic grayling">Arctic grayling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burbot" title="Burbot">burbot</a>, <a href="/wiki/White_sucker" title="White sucker">white sucker</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Longnose_sucker" title="Longnose sucker">longnose sucker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Athabasca&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Saskatchewan" title="List of lakes of Saskatchewan">List of lakes of Saskatchewan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Alberta" title="List of lakes of Alberta">List of lakes of Alberta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_place_names_in_Canada_of_Indigenous_origin" title="List of place names in Canada of Indigenous origin">List of place names in Canada of Indigenous origin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peace%E2%80%93Athabasca_Delta" title="Peace–Athabasca Delta">Peace–Athabasca Delta</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Athabasca&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=59894">"Great Slave Lake and Lake Athabasca, Canada (Note: Lake Athabasca during ice-break-up)"</a>. June 9, 2002<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 25,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Great+Slave+Lake+and+Lake+Athabasca%2C+Canada+%28Note%3A+Lake+Athabasca+during+ice-break-up%29&rft.date=2002-06-09&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fvisibleearth.nasa.gov%2Fview.php%3Fid%3D59894&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALake+Athabasca" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CGNDB_HAUGA-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CGNDB_HAUGA_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=HAUGA">"Lake Athabasca"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base" title="GeoBase (geospatial data)">Geographical Names Data Base</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Natural_Resources_Canada" title="Natural Resources Canada">Natural Resources Canada</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Lake+Athabasca&rft.btitle=Geographical+Names+Data+Base&rft.pub=Natural+Resources+Canada&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgeonames.nrcan.gc.ca%2Fsearch-place-names%2Funique%3Fid%3DHAUGA&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALake+Athabasca" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=61868">"Burn Scars in Saskatchewan, Canada (Note: Dark to light rust coloured areas are burn scars from forest fires)"</a>. August 24, 2002<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 3,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Burn+Scars+in+Saskatchewan%2C+Canada+%28Note%3A+Dark+to+light+rust+coloured+areas+are+burn+scars+from+forest+fires%29&rft.date=2002-08-24&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fvisibleearth.nasa.gov%2Fview.php%3Fid%3D61868&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALake+Athabasca" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRasouliHernández-HenríquezDéry2013" class="citation journal cs1">Rasouli, K.; Hernández-Henríquez, M.A.; Déry, S.J. (May 2, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/17/1681/2013/hess-17-1681-2013.pdf">"Streamflow input to Lake Athabasca, Canada"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Hydrology and Earth System Sciences</i>. <b>17</b> (5): 1681–1691. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013HESS...17.1681R">2013HESS...17.1681R</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.5194%2Fhess-17-1681-2013">10.5194/hess-17-1681-2013</a></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Hydrology+and+Earth+System+Sciences&rft.atitle=Streamflow+input+to+Lake+Athabasca%2C+Canada&rft.volume=17&rft.issue=5&rft.pages=1681-1691&rft.date=2013-05-02&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.5194%2Fhess-17-1681-2013&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F2013HESS...17.1681R&rft.aulast=Rasouli&rft.aufirst=K.&rft.au=Hern%C3%A1ndez-Henr%C3%ADquez%2C+M.A.&rft.au=D%C3%A9ry%2C+S.J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net%2F17%2F1681%2F2013%2Fhess-17-1681-2013.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALake+Athabasca" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-canatlas-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-canatlas_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-canatlas_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAtlas_of_Canada2004" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Atlas_of_Canada" title="Atlas of Canada">Atlas of Canada</a> (April 5, 2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070410230512/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/lakes.html">"Lakes of Canada"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Natural_Resources_Canada" title="Natural Resources Canada">Natural Resources Canada</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/lakes.html">the original</a> on April 10, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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