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'''Athabasca''' (also '''Athabaska''') is an anglicized version of the [[Cree language|Cree]] name for [[Lake Athabasca]] in [[Canada]], āthap-āsk-ā-w (pronounced {{IPA|alg|aːθapaːskaːw|}}), meaning "grass or reeds here and there".  Most places named Athabasca are found in [[Alberta]], Canada.

'''Athabasca''' may also refer to:
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==Geographical features==
*[[Mount Athabasca]] ({{convert|3491|m|ft|0|disp=or}}), 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]], a unique geophysical land feature in the boreal shield ecosystem Saskatchewan, Canada
*[[Athabasca Basin]], a region in Northern Saskatchewan and Alberta, the source of the world's highest grade uranium deposits

==Administrative features==
*[[Athabasca, Alberta]], town in Canada, formerly (1880–1914) named Athabasca Landing
*[[Athabasca County]], a municipal district in Alberta, Canada
*[[District of Athabasca]], a 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 (Alberta provincial electoral district)]], 1905–1986
*[[Athabasca (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district)]]
*[[Athabasca University]], a distance learning university in Athabasca, Alberta, Canada

==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)|''Athabasca'' (novel)]], novel by Alistair MacLean
* [[Shannara Druids#Athabasca|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|HMCS ''Athabaskan'']]
* {{ship||Athabasca|1888 HBC vessel}}, see [[Boats of the Mackenzie River watershed]]
* {{ship||Athabasca River|1912 HBC vessel}}, see [[Boats of the Mackenzie River watershed]]
* {{ship||Athabasca River|1922 HBC vessel}}, see [[Boats of the Mackenzie River watershed]]
* {{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

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