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SASKATCHEWAN RIVER
From glaciers to grasslands Cree name: Kisiskatchewan, meaning 'swift current'
Current official name: Saskatchewan, from the Cree original
Source: Rocky Mountains, east of the Continental Divide
Mouth: Hudson Bay, via Lake Winnipeg and Nelson River
Direction of flow: East
Length: 4618 kilometres, including main north and
south branches to Lake Winnipeg Main Characteristic: Drains the vast Canadian Prairie More on Saskatchewan River: Early Bird: Beaked dinosaur is missing link to birds Dry Bones: Dinosours abound in Alberta's badlands Plains Speaking: Pioneer in the fight for women's rights Last Stand: The Northwest Rebellions ends Métis autonomy End of Steel: Canada's northernmost metropolis Dirty Thirties: Prairie life in the era of the Bennett Buggy | |
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