Slave River

The Slave River flows from Lake Athabasca to Great Slave Lake, the source of the Mackenzie River.

There is a series of rapids approximately 10 kilometers long between Fort Fitzgerald and Fort Smith that forces passengers and freight to be portaged.^[1]

The river is 434 kilometers long.^[2]

References

↑ "Slave River rapids". Government of the Northwest Territories. Retrieved 2022-03-04. Beginning at Fort Fitzgerald and ending 10 kilometres downstream at Fort Smith are four furious sets of rapids rapids. The house-high waves, dizzying whirlpools, and gushing channels provide a playground for world-class kayakers, while also protecting the world’s northernmost white pelicans, which nest on midstream islands.
↑ "19 reasons to see Great Slave Lake". Government of the Northwest Territories. Retrieved 2022-03-04. Great Slave is a vast reservoir that feeds a complex network of rivers and streams, including Canada’s longest river: the Mackenzie. It receives about 77 percent of its inflow from the 434-kilometre long Slave River.

[spectacularnwtSlaveRiverRapids-1] "Slave River rapids". Government of the Northwest Territories. Retrieved 2022-03-04. Beginning at Fort Fitzgerald and ending 10 kilometres downstream at Fort Smith are four furious sets of rapids rapids. The house-high waves, dizzying whirlpools, and gushing channels provide a playground for world-class kayakers, while also protecting the world’s northernmost white pelicans, which nest on midstream islands.

[spectacularnwtGreatSlaveLake-2] "19 reasons to see Great Slave Lake". Government of the Northwest Territories. Retrieved 2022-03-04. Great Slave is a vast reservoir that feeds a complex network of rivers and streams, including Canada’s longest river: the Mackenzie. It receives about 77 percent of its inflow from the 434-kilometre long Slave River.

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