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Christina River (Alberta)

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1008: 998: 473: 1058: 38: 639: 242:. Christina Lake's waters reach the Christina River via the short (11 kilometres (7 mi) long) Jackfish River. The Christina then wanders northward for about 110 kilometres (68 mi) to join the Clearwater River about 16 kilometres (10 mi) east of Fort McMurray. The waters eventually reach the 271:. Gordon, partly based on knowledge gleaned from a Scottish home nursing book, made her own treatments for illnesses and injuries. She could "splint a broken arm, lower a fever, and mix herbal remedies." By 1914 she owned and operated a post in Fort McMurray, in competition with the Hudson's Bay Company. 262:
The Christina River and Christina Lake were named to honour Christine Gordon, originally from Scotland, who was the first white woman to live permanently in the Fort McMurray area, where she remained until her death in the 1940s. She was highly respected by the community, including the
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Canada Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, 1991 and 1993. National Topographic System maps 73M (Winefred Lake) and 74D (Fort McMurray), scale 1:250,000.
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and was named to honour Christine Gordon, who was the first white women to live permanently in the
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The Christine River in late Autumn, near its confluence with the Clearwater River.
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and is part of Christina Lake's 1,250-square-kilometre (480 sq mi)
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Integrated Resource Plan - Christina Lake Management Plan
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Index

Christina

Canada
Alberta
Christina Lake
55°37′21″N 110°52′42″W / 55.62250°N 110.87833°W / 55.62250; -110.87833
Wood Buffalo, Alberta
Canada
west
Jackfish River
Mouth
Clearwater River
Wood Buffalo
Alberta
Clearwater River
Fort McMurray
Christina Lake
Conklin
drainage basin
Arctic Ocean
Athabasca
Mackenzie Rivers
First Nations
MĂ©tis
List of rivers of Alberta
oil sands



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