Turtlelake River, also known as Turtle River, is a river in the
Canadian province
Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Constitution of Canada, Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North Amer ...
of
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
. It runs in a southerly direction from the southern end of
Turtle Lake to the
North Saskatchewan River
The North Saskatchewan River is a glacier-fed river that flows from the Canadian Rockies continental divide east to central Saskatchewan, where it joins with the South Saskatchewan River to make up the Saskatchewan River. Its water flows event ...
across from
Delmas
Delmas may refer to:
People Surname
* Antoine Guillaume Delmas (1766–1813), French revolutionary and Napoleonic general
* Benjamin Delmas (born 1976), French ice dancer
* Bert Delmas (1911–1979), American baseball player
* Calixte Delmas ( ...
. The town of
Turtleford
Turtleford is a town in the Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Turtleford is located on Highway 26 near the intersection / concurrency with Highway 3 and Highway 303. The nearest cities are North ...
is the only sizeable community along the river's course.
Description
Turtleford River begins at the community of
Turtle Lake South Bay at the southern end of Turtle Lake in the
Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499. At the source, Turtle Lake South Bay is on one side of the river and the 10-acre Turtle River Campground is on the other. From the lake, the river flows south-west through the
Thunderchild 115B Indian reserve
In Canada, an Indian reserve () or First Nations reserve () is defined by the '' Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." ...
where it is met by Brightsand Creek (which originates at
Brightsand Lake) to the town of Turtleford. At Turtleford, Turtlelake River turns south towards the
Rural Municipality of Turtle River No. 469 and the North Saskatchewan River. It meets the North Saskatchewan across from Delmas, near the Michaud Islands.
,
303
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,
674
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, and
795
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cross Turtlelake River.
See also
*
List of rivers of Saskatchewan
This is a list of rivers of Saskatchewan, a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada.
The largest and most notable rivers are listed at the start, followed by rivers listed by drainage basin and then alphabetically.
Principa ...
*
Hudson Bay drainage basin
The Hudson Bay drainage basin is the drainage basin in northern North America where surface water empties into the Hudson Bay and adjoining waters. Spanning an area of about and with a mean discharge of about , the basin is almost entirely wi ...
References
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Rivers of Saskatchewan
Tributaries of Hudson Bay
Mervin No. 499, Saskatchewan
Turtle River No. 469, Saskatchewan