Athabasca River

E108775

glacier-fed river river

The Athabasca River is a major glacier-fed waterway in western Canada that flows through the Rocky Mountains and northern Alberta, playing a key role in the region’s ecology, history, and resource development.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Athabasca River canonical	11
Athabasca River basin	3
Athabasca River watershed	2
Athabasca River valley	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	glacier-fed river ⓘ river ⓘ
associatedWith	Athabasca oil sands ⓘ bitumen extraction ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
crosses	Alberta–British Columbia border region (headwaters vicinity) ⓘ
drainageBasin	Arctic Ocean drainage basin ⓘ
ecoregion	boreal forest ⓘ montane forest ⓘ
environmentalIssue	oil sands pollution concerns ⓘ water quality monitoring ⓘ
flowsInto	Peace–Athabasca Delta ⓘ surface form: Peace–Athabasca Delta (via Lake Athabasca system)
flowsThrough	Athabasca, Alberta ⓘ Fort McMurray ⓘ Hinton ⓘ Jasper National Park ⓘ northern Alberta ⓘ surface form: Northern Alberta Town of Jasper ⓘ Whitecourt ⓘ
hasBridge	Athabasca River Bridge (Highway 16, Jasper) ⓘ
hasTributary	Berland River ⓘ Calling River ⓘ Clearwater River (Alberta) ⓘ Fond du Lac River (via Lake Athabasca outflow) ⓘ House River ⓘ La Biche River ⓘ Lesser Slave River ⓘ McLeod River ⓘ Miette River ⓘ Pembina River (Alberta) ⓘ Snaring River ⓘ Willow River (Alberta) ⓘ
hasWaterfall	Athabasca Falls ⓘ
historicalUse	fur trade route ⓘ voyageur canoe route ⓘ
languageOfName	Cree ⓘ
length	approximately 1231 km ⓘ
locatedIn	Alberta ⓘ Rocky Mountains ⓘ surface form: Canadian Rockies Western Canada ⓘ
mouthLocation	Lake Athabasca ⓘ
namedAfter	Lake Athabasca ⓘ surface form: Athabasca (Cree word for "where there are reeds")
notableFor	glacially fed headwaters ⓘ role in northern Alberta resource development ⓘ
partOf	Mackenzie River Basin ⓘ
protectedArea	Jasper National Park ⓘ
province	Alberta ⓘ
sourceLocation	Columbia Icefield ⓘ Rocky Mountains ⓘ
usedFor	hydroelectric power ⓘ industrial water supply ⓘ irrigation ⓘ recreation ⓘ transportation ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alberta → hasRiver → Athabasca River ⓘ

Fort McMurray → locatedOn → Athabasca River ⓘ

Fort McMurray → locatedAtConfluenceOf → Athabasca River ⓘ

Lesser Slave Lake → drainageBasin → Athabasca River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athabasca River basin

Mackenzie River Basin → containsRiver → Athabasca River ⓘ

northern Alberta → contains → Athabasca River ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Alberta

Jasper → hasNearbyRiver → Athabasca River ⓘ

Columbia Icefield → sourceOfRiver → Athabasca River ⓘ

Pyramid Lake → partOf → Athabasca River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athabasca River watershed

Athabasca Falls → locatedOnRiver → Athabasca River ⓘ

Athabasca Falls → watercourse → Athabasca River ⓘ

Athabasca Falls → partOf → Athabasca River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athabasca River watershed

Athabasca Falls → namedAfter → Athabasca River ⓘ

Jasper SkyTram → viewIncludes → Athabasca River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athabasca River valley

Jasper, Alberta → near → Athabasca River ⓘ

Maligne Lake → locatedIn → Athabasca River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athabasca River basin

Sunwapta Falls → partOf → Athabasca River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athabasca River basin