- Lesser Slave River
- SuperimposeLesser Slave River (Cree "Iyaghchi Eennu Sepe", translation: "River of the Strange People" [ [http://www.albertasource.ca/treaty8/eng/Peoples_and_Places/Through_the_Mackenzie_Basin/ttmb_slavelake_2.html Alberta Source] - Lesser Slave River and Lesser Slave Lake] ) is a river in central
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Lesser Slave River inAlberta Alberta , Canada. It is a major tributary of theAthabasca River .The Lesser Slave Lake and the river were the main links to the Peace River district until the beginning of the 20th century, when the construction of the Northern Alberta Railway facilitated transportation in the area. [ [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9047919 Britannica] - Lesser Slave Lake]
Course
The river originates from the
Lesser Slave Lake at the town of Slave Lake. The average discharge at the mouth of the lake is 20 m³/s. [ [http://www3.gov.ab.ca/env/water/basins/BasinForm.cfm Alberta Environment] - River Basins - [http://www3.gov.ab.ca/env/water/ws/data/hydro/figures/_RLSLASLA.gifLesser Slave Lake discharge graph] ] It flows eastwards for 61 km, and merges with theAthabasca River at the village of Smith. From its headwaters of South Heart River, it has a total length of more than 280 km.Tributaries
Through
Lesser Slave Lake
*Assineau River
*Driftpile River
**Little Driftpile River
*Heart River
**East Prairie River, West Prairie River, North Heart River
*Marten River
*Swan River
**Inverness River, Moosehorn RiverDownstream of
Lesser Slave Lake
*Otauwau River
*Salteux River
*Driftwood River
*Fawcett Riveree also
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Geography of Alberta
*List of Alberta rivers References
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