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The Mackenzie River
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The wildlife normally found along the river's marshy delta include snow geese and tundra swans.
The river is navigable for about five months of the year, freezing over in October and breaking up again in May. Creative Canadians use the river as an ice road during the extreme winter.
Scottish-Canadian explorer Alexander Mackenzie is the river's namesake. Mackenzie traveled the river while trying to reach the Pacific Ocean.
Among the lakes included in the Mackenzie River basin are Great Bear Lake and Lake Athabasca. Rivers commonly included in the Mackenzie system are Arctic Red, Athabasca, Liard, Peace, Slave, and south Nahanni.
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Length |
2,635 miles |
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Source(s) |
Great Slave Lake |
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Mouth |
Arctic Ocean, off Inuvik |
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Countries Flows Through |
Canada |
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Cities Flows By/Through |
Fort Providence, Fort Simpson, Inuvik, Norman Wells, Wrigley |
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Where Name Comes From |
Scottish-Canadian explorer Andrew Mackenzie |
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