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{{image | Radium Express being portaged - nwt05c.jpg | left | thumb | The tugboat [[Radium Express]] being portaged around the rapids at [[Fort Smith]].}} | |||
{{image | Great Slave Lake and Lake Athabasca 6.png | right | 300px | [[Great Slave Lake]], the Slave River and [[Lake Athabasca]]}} | |||
The '''Slave River''' flows from [[Lake Athabasca]] to [[Great Slave Lake]], the source of the [[Mackenzie River]]. | The '''Slave River''' flows from [[Lake Athabasca]] to [[Great Slave Lake]], the source of the [[Mackenzie River]]. | ||
There is a series of rapids approximately 10 kilometers long between [[Fort Fitzgerald]] and [[Fort Smith]] that forces passengers and freight to be [[portage]]d.<ref name=spectacularnwtSlaveRiverRapids/> | |||
The river is 434 kilometers long.<ref name=spectacularnwtGreatSlaveLake/> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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<ref name=spectacularnwtSlaveRiverRapids> | |||
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| url = https://spectacularnwt.com/attraction/slave-river-rapids | |||
| title = Slave River rapids | |||
| work = [[Government of the Northwest Territories]] | |||
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| quote = Beginning at Fort Fitzgerald and ending 10 kilometres downstream at Fort Smith are four furious sets of rapids rapids. The house-high waves, dizzying whirlpools, and gushing channels provide a playground for world-class kayakers, while also protecting the world’s northernmost white pelicans, which nest on midstream islands. | |||
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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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| quote = Great Slave is a vast reservoir that feeds a complex network of rivers and streams, including Canada’s longest river: the Mackenzie. It receives about 77 percent of its inflow from the 434-kilometre long Slave River. | |||
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Latest revision as of 10:25, 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 10 kilometers long between Fort Fitzgerald and Fort Smith that forces passengers and freight to be portaged.[1]
The river is 434 kilometers long.[2]
References
- ↑ Slave River rapids, Government of the Northwest Territories. Retrieved on 2022-03-04. “Beginning at Fort Fitzgerald and ending 10 kilometres downstream at Fort Smith are four furious sets of rapids rapids. The house-high waves, dizzying whirlpools, and gushing channels provide a playground for world-class kayakers, while also protecting the world’s northernmost white pelicans, which nest on midstream islands.”
- ↑ 19 reasons to see Great Slave Lake, Government of the Northwest Territories. Retrieved on 2022-03-04. “Great Slave is a vast reservoir that feeds a complex network of rivers and streams, including Canada’s longest river: the Mackenzie. It receives about 77 percent of its inflow from the 434-kilometre long Slave River.”