The Mackenzie River is a river in the Canadian boreal forest. It forms, along with the Slave, Peace, and Finlay, the longest river system in Canada, and includes the second largest drainage basin of any North American river after the Mississippi.
The Mackenzie River in August 2009
Sentinel-2 True Colour satellite image of the confluence of the Laird and Mackenzie Rivers, showing the characteristic sediment pattern: muddy water from the Laird flowing in from the South paints the water on the Western bank brown while water on the eastern bank is relatively clear for a long stretch of the river. White spots are ice floes. The original image can be accessed here: https://link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/nc5e
Dene fishing camp on the Mackenzie River, north of the Arctic Circle
Satellite view of the lower Mackenzie River
Slavey is a group of Athabaskan languages and a dialect continuum spoken amongst the Dene peoples of Canada in the Northwest Territories – or central Denendeh – where it also has official status. The languages are primarily written using a modified Latin script, with some using Canadian Aboriginal syllabics. In their own languages, these languages are referred to as: Sahtúgot’įné Yatı̨́, K’ashógot’įne Goxedǝ́ and Shíhgot’įne Yatı̨́ in the North, and Dené Dháh, Dene Yatıé or Dene Zhatıé in the South.
North Slavey text carved into stone in Yellowknife
