Lake Athabasca
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Lake Athabasca 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 about 26% in Alberta and 74% in Saskatchewan.
Ice breakup on Lake Athabasca (June 9, 2002)
Fort Chipewyan
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Fort Chipewyan, commonly referred to as Fort Chip, is an unincorporated hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada, within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. It is located on the northwest shore of La
Lake Athabasca
…lake in the world by area. Water flows northward from the lake via the Slave River and Mackenzie River systems, eventually reaching the Arctic Ocean. Fort Chipewyan, one of the oldest European settlements in Alberta, is on the western shore of the lake, where the Rivière des Rochers drains the lake and flows toward…
Aerial view of Fort Chipewyan
Fort Chipewyan 1900 and SS Grahame
Fort Chipewyan HBC post in 1900
Fort Chipewyan fur trader 1890s with $35,000 worth of furs