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The Saskatchewan River Forks is the confluence of the South and North Saskatchewan Rivers and is the beginning of the Saskatchewan River. For the first half of the 20th century, the South Saskatchewan would completely freeze over during winter, creating spectacular ice breaks and dangerous conditions in Saskatoon , Medicine Hat , and elsewhere.
The Saskatchewan River (Cree: kisiskāciwani-sīpiy ᑭᓯᐢᑳᒋᐊᐧᓂ ᓰᐱᕀ, "swift flowing river") is a major river in Canada. It stretches about 550 kilometres (340 mi) from where it is formed by the joining of the North Saskatchewan River and South Saskatchewan River just east of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan .
This is a list of rivers of Saskatchewan, a province of Canada. The largest and most notable rivers are listed at the start, followed by rivers listed by drainage basin and then alphabetically. Principal river statistics
In 1883, the name Swift Current Creek was first published on official maps by the Department of the Interior. The river begins at an elevation of over 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) in the Cypress Hills and flows in a north-easterly direction through valleys and coulees en route to Lake Diefenbaker of the South Saskatchewan River in the semi-arid ...
Brightwater Creek is a river in south central part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is a tributary of the South Saskatchewan River [2] in a region called the Prairie Pothole Region of North America, which extends throughout three Canadian provinces and five U.S. states. It is also within Palliser's Triangle and the Great Plains ...
Saskatchewan River drainage basin Fish Creek is a tributary of the South Saskatchewan River in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan , north-east of Saskatoon . From its source near Aberdeen it flows north-east until it turns north to enter the South Saskatchewan River.
Most water in Saskatchewan drains to Hudson Bay through the Churchill and Nelson river basins, [21] although some drains to the Arctic Ocean in the far north and the Gulf of Mexico in the far southwest. [22] Arctic Ocean drainage basin, with the Mackenzie River basin (includes Stony Rapids on the Fond du Lac).
Broderick Reservoir [1] [2] [3] is a reservoir about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south-southeast of Outlook [4] in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in the Rural Municipality of Rudy No. 284. [5] Broderick Reservoir was built in 1967 as part of South Saskatchewan River Project.