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". Most places named Athabasca are found in Alberta, Canada.
Athabasca may also refer to:
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, 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), novel by Alistair MacLean Athabasca, a character in Terry Brooks's Shannara series , a steamship launched in Scotland in 1883 and put into service on the Great Lakes, along with and Any of three ships named HMCS Athabaskan , a steampowered sternwheel riverboat, operated by the Hudson's Bay Company , see Boats of the Mackenzie River watershed , see Boats of the Mackenzie River watershed , 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