Slave River

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The Slave River is a Canadian river that flows from Lake Athabasca in northeastern Alberta and empties into Great Slave Lake. The river is 434 km in length.

The Peace and Athabasca Rivers drain into the Slave River. Water from this river reaches the Arctic Ocean through the Mackenzie River.

This river's name is thought to come from a Cree name which meant "slave" or "stranger". The Cree had displaced other native people from this region.

The Slave river and the rapids around Fort Smith are some of the best big water play kayaking in the World. Rapids range from easy class 1 to unrunnable killer class 6 holes. Huge volume , massive waves and also the home of the northern most river Pelican colony in North America. Four sets of rapids, Pelican, Rapids of the Drowned, Mountain Portage and Cassette up to 500m wide. Woth going to but be careful.

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