Slave River | |
---|---|
![]() Slave River Watershed | |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Peace-Athabasca Delta |
• coordinates | 58°59′53″N 111°24′33″W / 58.99793°N 111.40906°W |
• elevation | 210 m (690 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Great Slave Lake |
• coordinates | 61°16′49″N 113°35′17″W / 61.28019°N 113.58798°W |
• elevation | 160 m (520 ft) |
Length | 434 km (270 mi) |
Basin size | 616,400 km2 (238,000 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average |
|
The Slave River is a Canadian river that flows from the confluence of the Rivière des Rochers and Peace River in northeastern Alberta and runs into Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories. The river's name is thought to derive from the name for the Slavey group of the Dene First Nations, Deh Gah Gotʼine, in the Athabaskan languages.[1] The Chipewyan had displaced other native people from this region.