After he left the Fraser, Browne piloted the Northland Echo on the Athabasca River in Alberta.
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The generic name is derived from the name of the Athabasca River, which runs through Athabasca oil sands area where the holotype was collected, and sauros, Greek for "lizard".
Major river systems originating in the park include the North Saskatchewan River (part of the Hudson Bay basin), and the Athabasca and Smoky rivers (part of the Arctic Ocean basin).
The Moab Lake Road parallels the Whirlpool near its confluence with the Athabasca River.