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oil sands † 
an extensive sand formation along the Athabasca River impregnated with petroleum oil and tar.
See also: Alberta tar sands
- 1954 A railway was also being promoted to build to Ft. McMurray in the oil sands belt on the Athabasca.
- 1957 The Royalite Oil Co has announced that it will soon begin construction of an oil separation plant at the Athabaska oil sands a few miles from Waterways which will cost fifty million.
- 1964 One time it [tar sands] was the accepted term, now it would appear "oil sands" is more accepted, although this is also open to criticism.
- 1954 A railway was also being promoted to build to Ft. McMurray in the oil sands belt on the Athabasca.