Athabasca

Athabasca is an anglicized version of the Cree name for Lake Athabasca in Canada, āthap-āsk-ā-w (pronouced Template:IPA-alg), 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 (3,491 metres (11,453 ft)^*), 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 - Delta of the Peace River, Athabasca River, near Lake Athabasca
Athabasca Tar 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

Administrative features:

Athabasca, Alberta, town in Alberta, Canada
Athabasca Landing, Alberta, former name (1880 to 1914) of the town of Athabasca, Alberta, Canada
Athabasca County, Alberta - County in Alberta, Canada
District of Athabasca, former district of the North-West Territory
Athabaska (electoral district), (1925-1968) former federal electoral district Alberta
Athabasca (electoral district), (from 1968) former federal electoral district in the Province of Alberta.
Athabasca (provincial electoral district), former provincial electoral district in the Province of Alberta.
Athabasca (former Saskatchewan provincial electoral district), former provincial electoral district in the Province of Saskatchewan.
Athabasca (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district), current provincial electoral district in the Province of Saskatchewan.
Athabasca University, distance learning university in Athabasca, Alberta, Canada
- Athabasca University Students' Union

Additional meanings include:

Athabascan a family of Indigenous languages in North America.
Athabaska Herald - Athabaska Herald of Arms, one of the officers of arms at the Canadian Heraldic Authority
Athabasca (novel) - novel by Alistair MacLean
Athabasca - 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

Also associated with the name Athabasca:

Athabascaville, Quebec
Any one 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