The Slave River is a Canadian river that flows from Lake Athabasca in northeastern Alberta and empties into Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories.
This river's name is thought to come from the Athabaskan "Deh Gah Got'ine", the name for the Slavey group of the Dene First Nations and has nothing to do with slavery. The Chipewyan had displaced other native people from this region.
Read more about Slave River: Rapids and Kayaking, Course, Portage and Navigation, Tributaries
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