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| Country | Canada |
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| State | Saskatchewan, Manitoba |
| Source confluence | North and South Saskatchewan Rivers |
| - location | Prince Albert, Saskatchewan |
| - elevation | 380 m (1,247 ft) |
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| Mouth | Lake Winnipeg |
| - location | Grand Rapids, Manitoba |
| - elevation | 220 m (722 ft) |
| - coordinates | |
| Length | 547 km (340 mi) |
| Basin | 335,900 km² (129,692 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 700 m³/s (24,720 cu ft/s) |
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The Saskatchewan River (Cree: kisiskāciwani-sīpiy, "swift flowing river") is a major river in Canada, approximately 550 km (340 mi) long, flowing roughly eastward across Saskatchewan and Manitoba to drain into Lake Winnipeg. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116 sq mi of North America The North Saskatchewan River is a Glacier -fed River flowing east from the Canadian Rockies to central Saskatchewan. The South Saskatchewan River (French rivière Saskatchewan Sud) is a major river in Canada that flows through the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan Prince Albert is the third-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Lake Winnipeg is a very large ( Lake in central North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada, about north of the city Grand Rapids is a town in Manitoba, Canada located on the northwestern shore of Lake Winnipeg where the Saskatchewan River enters the lake The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. CM3 redirects here If you were looking for the 3rd game in the Cooking Mama series abbreviated as CM3 see here. The second ( SI symbol s) sometimes abbreviated sec, is the name of a unit of Time, and is the International System of Units The cubic foot is an imperial and US customary (non- metric) unit of Volume, used in the United States Canada and the United Kingdom The second ( SI symbol s) sometimes abbreviated sec, is the name of a unit of Time, and is the International System of Units Cree (also known as Cree-Montagnais Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 117000 people across Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116 sq mi of North America Lake Winnipeg is a very large ( Lake in central North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada, about north of the city Through its tributaries the North Saskatchewan and South Saskatchewan, its watershed encompasses much of the prairie regions of central Canada, stretching westward to the Rocky Mountains in Alberta and into northern Montana in the United States. The North Saskatchewan River is a Glacier -fed River flowing east from the Canadian Rockies to central Saskatchewan. The South Saskatchewan River (French rivière Saskatchewan Sud) is a major river in Canada that flows through the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan Prairie, from the French prairie ("meadow" "grassland" "pasture" refers to an area of land of low topographic relief that historically Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a Mountain range in western North America. Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Montana ( is a state in the Western United States. One-third of the state in the western part contains numerous mountain ranges (approximately 77 named of the northern The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It reaches approximately 1,939 kilometers (1,205 mi) to its furthest headwaters on the Bow River, a tributary of the South Saskatchewan in Alberta [1]. The Bow River is a river in the Canadian province of Alberta.
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Description
It is formed in central Saskatchewan, approximately 40 km (25 mi) east of Prince Albert, by the confluence of its two major branches, the North Saskatchewan and the South Saskatchewan, at the Saskatchewan River Forks. Prince Albert is the third-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. Saskatchewan River Forks refers to the area in Canada where the North Saskatchewan and South Saskatchewan rivers merge to create the Saskatchewan River Both source rivers originate from glaciers in the Alberta Rockies. "Glacial" and "Glaciation" redirect here For the geological periods see Glacial period.
The combined stream flows east-northeast, into Codette Lake formed by the Francis Finlay dam at Nipawin then into Tobin Lake, formed by the E. Nipawin is located in north-east Saskatchewan, Canada on the Saskatchewan River portion of Tobin Lake B. Campbell Dam. It then flows northeast, off the edge of the prairies of the Great Plains onto the Canadian Shield, passing through a region of marshes, where it is joined from the northwest by the Torch River and the Mossy River. The Great Plains are the broad expanse of Prairie and Steppe which lie east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada The Canadian Shield &mdash also called the Laurentian Plateau, or Bouclier Canadien (French &mdash is a large geological shield covered by At the northern edge of the marshes it flows east, twisting between a series of small lakes into west-central Manitoba to The Pas, where it is joined from the southwest by the Carrot River. The Pas (ðəˈpɑː is a town in Manitoba, Canada, located in Division No carrotriver 2006 flood2jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Carrot River nearing the top of the bridge on Highway #23 six miles south of the Town of Carrot River]]The Carrot River is a river in Southeast of The Pas, it forms several streams in a delta on the northwest side of Cedar Lake, then exiting the lake on its southeast end and flowing approximately 5 km (3 mi) to Lake Winnipeg, entering on the northwest shore north of Long Point. A delta is a Landform where the mouth of a River flows into an Ocean, Sea, Estuary, Lake or another river Cedar Lake is a Lake just north of Lake Winnipegosis in Manitoba, Canada. Lake Winnipeg is a very large ( Lake in central North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada, about north of the city
The river, like the province of Saskatchewan, takes its name from the Cree word kisiskāciwani-sīpiy, meaning "swift flowing river". Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 Cree (also known as Cree-Montagnais Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 117000 people across The river and its tributaries provided an important route of transportation for First Nations and early European trappers. First Nations is a term of Ethnicity that refers to the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis people The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal Fur.
Hydroelectric power plants are built on the river at Nipawin, and E. Hydroelectricity is electricity generated by Hydropower, ie the production of power through use of the gravitational force of falling water Nipawin is located in north-east Saskatchewan, Canada on the Saskatchewan River portion of Tobin Lake B. Campbell (formerly Squaw Rapids) in Saskatchewan and at Grand Rapids in Manitoba. Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 Grand Rapids is a town in Manitoba, Canada located on the northwestern shore of Lake Winnipeg where the Saskatchewan River enters the lake Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116 sq mi of North America
History
The Saskatchewan River and its two major tributaries formed an important transportation route during the Precontact, Fur Trade, and early Settlement periods in the Canadian West. The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal Fur.
First Nations inhabiting the area of the rivers included at one time or another the Atsina, Cree, Saulteaux, Blackfoot Confederacy, Assiniboine, and Sioux. First Nations is a term of Ethnicity that refers to the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis people Not to be confused with the Creek. Cree is an Exonym applied to various people indigenous to North America namely the Nehiyaw Nehithaw Nehilaw The Saulteaux (also Salteaux and many other variants; ˈsoʊtoʊ are a First Nation in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan The Blackfoot Confederacy or Niitsítapi (meaning "original people" c The Assiniboine, also known by the Ojibwe name Asiniibwaan "Stone Sioux" and the Cree as Asinîpwât are a Siouan Sioux (pronounced SUE are a Native American and First Nations people
Henry Kelsey penetrated the area in the 1690s for the Hudson's Bay Company, and Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Corne established the furthest western post of the French Empire in America (See New France) just east of the Saskatchewan River Forks at Fort de la Corne. Henry Kelsey ( c 1667 &ndash 1724 aka the Boy Kelsey, was an English Fur trader Explorer, and Sailor who played an important Louis de la Corne Chevalier de la Corne, ( June 6, 1703 &ndash November 15, 1761) was born at Fort Frontenac in what is now The Viceroyalty of New France (Nouvelle-France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Fort de la Corne was built in 1753 by Louis de la Corne Chevalier de la Corne at the same time that the second Fort Paskoya was built In addition to this the Hudson's Bay Company and North West Company both ran numerous fur posts up the river and its two branches throughout the late eighteenth to late nineteenth centuries. For the grocery chain see The North West Company. The North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal York boats and canoes formed the primary means of travel during the fur trade period. The York boat was an inland boat used by the Hudson's Bay Company to carry furs and trade goods along inland waterways in Canada. A canoe is a small narrow Boat, typically human-powered though it may also be powered by sails or small electric or gas motors
In the mid nineteenth century Metis settlements became important along stretches of the rivers (notably the Southbranch Settlement and St. Albert, Alberta). Southbranch Settlement was the name ascribed to a series of French Metis settlements on the Canadian prairies in the 19th Century in what is today the province St Albert is a city in Alberta, located northwest of Edmonton, on the Sturgeon River.
Riverboats were introduced from the Red River of the North in the nineteenth century and remained an important means of transportation until the 1890s and the coming of railroads to the area. A riverboat is Ship designed for Inland navigation. These vessels are usually less sturdy than ships built for the open seas with limited navigational and The Red River (rivière Rouge is a North American river Formed by the confluence of the Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail rivers in the United States
The earliest settlements in Saskatchewan and Alberta generally were established around the rivers. Examples include Fort Edmonton (Edmonton, Alberta), Fort Battleford (Battleford, Saskatchewan), Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and Cumberland House, Saskatchewan. Fort Edmonton (also named Edmonton House was the name of a series of trading posts of the Hudson's Bay Company from 1795 to 1891 all of which were located in central Edmonton (ˈɛdmɨntɨn is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. Fort Battleford was the sixth North-West Mounted Police fort to be established in the North-West Territories of Canada, and played a central role in the Prince Albert is the third-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. Cumberland House is an isolated community in north-eastern Saskatchewan on the Saskatchewan River.
In Popular Culture
The Saskatchewan River is featured in the The Arrogant Worms song "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate". The Arrogant Worms are a Canadian musical comedy trio that parodies many Musical genres They are well known for their humorous on-stage banter in addition to their
See also
References
- ^ The Atlas of Canada (October 2004). This is a list of Rivers ' creeks, and Streams in the province of Manitoba, Canada. This is a list of rivers in Saskatchewan. Rivers Arctic Ocean watershed Clearwater River Alberta's rivers flow towards three different bodies of water the Arctic Ocean, the Hudson Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Founded in 1961 Manitoba Hydro is the electric power and natural gas utility in the province of Manitoba. Rivers of Canada. Retrieved on 2007-02-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment
(Webpage shows that the South Saskatchewan River has a much higher flow than the Saskatchewan River. But since the South is a tributary of the Saskatchewan River, it must be assumed that the data is reversed. )
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