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Athabasca (also Athabaska) is an anglicized version of the Cree name for Lake Athabasca in Canada, āthap-āsk-ā-w (pronounced ), meaning “grass or reeds here and there”. Related to the lake are several other geographical and administrative features called Athabasca. Most places named Athabasca are found in Alberta, Canada: Geographical features: *Mount Athabasca (), a mountain in Jasper National Park, Canada * *Athabasca Glacier, a glacier in Jasper National Park, Canada *Athabasca River, river in Alberta, Canada * *Athabasca Falls, waterfalls on the Athabasca River * *Peace-Athabasca Delta – of the Peace River, Athabasca River, near Lake Athabasca *Athabasca Oil Sands – oil producing region in Alberta, Canada *Lake Athabasca, large lake in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada *Athabasca Pass, a mountain pass in Jasper National Park *Athabasca Valles, a feature on the surface of the planet Mars *Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park Administrative features: *Athabasca, Alberta, town in Canada, formerly (1880–1914) named Athabasca Landing *Athabasca County, a municipal district in Alberta, Canada *District of Athabasca, former district of the North-West Territory *Athabaska (electoral district), a former federal electoral district (1925–1968) in Alberta *Athabasca (electoral district), a federal electoral district (since 1968) in Alberta *Athabasca (provincial electoral district), former provincial electoral district in Alberta *Athabasca (former Saskatchewan provincial electoral district) *Athabasca (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district) *Athabasca University, distance learning university in Athabasca, Alberta, Canada * *Athabasca University Students' Union Other: *Athabaskan languages, a language family indigenous to North America *Athabaska Herald, one of the officers of arms at the Canadian Heraldic Authority *''Athabasca'' (novel), novel by Alistair MacLean *Athabasca, a character in Terry Brooks's ''Shannara'' series *SS ''Athabasca'', a steamship launched in Scotland in 1883 and put into service on the Great Lakes, along with SS ''Alberta'' and SS ''Algoma'' * Any of three ships named HMCS ''Athabaskan'' *MS ''Fort Athabasca'', a Canadian-owned, British-registered merchant ship bombed 2 December 1943 during World War II *Athabascaite, a mineral *Athabaska Airways, earlier name of Transwest Air *Athabasca Valles, a channel on the planet Mars ==See also== *Arthabaska (disambiguation), the name of several geographic features in Quebec, shares the same root 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Athabasca」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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