Amisk River is a river in east-central
Alberta
Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
located in the basin of the
Beaver River. The Amisk River forms at
Amisk Lake
Amisk Lake is a lake in the east-central part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, about south-west of Flin Flon, Manitoba. 'Amisk' means beaver in Cree. Along the lake's shores is the community of Denare Beach, a provincial recreati ...
and travels in a south-east direction, flowing through the Buffalo Lake and Kikino
Metis
Metis or Métis, meaning "mixed" in French, may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Métis, recognized Indigenous communities in Canada and the United States whose distinct culture and language emerged after early intermarriage between First Nations peopl ...
settlements before being bridged by
Highway 36. It joins the Beaver River near Alberta Secondary Highway 866. The Beaver River is a major tributary of the
Churchill River, which flows east into
Hudson Bay
Hudson Bay, sometimes called Hudson's Bay (usually historically), is a large body of Saline water, saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of . It is located north of Ontario, west of Quebec, northeast of Manitoba, and southeast o ...
.
''Amisk'' is the
Cree
The Cree, or nehinaw (, ), are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, North American Indigenous people, numbering more than 350,000 in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations in Canada, First Nations. They live prim ...
name for ''
beaver
Beavers (genus ''Castor'') are large, semiaquatic rodents of the Northern Hemisphere. There are two existing species: the North American beaver (''Castor canadensis'') and the Eurasian beaver (''C. fiber''). Beavers are the second-large ...
''.
[Harrison, Tracey. ''Place Names of Alberta, Volume III: Central Alberta,'' (Calgary: University of Calgary, 1994), 5.]
Tributaries
*Little Beaver Lake
*Cordwood Lake
*Whitefish Creek
*Drink Lake
See also
*
List of rivers of Alberta
Alberta's rivers flow towards three different bodies of water, the Arctic Ocean, the Hudson Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Alberta is located immediately east of the continental divide, so no rivers from Alberta reach the Pacific Ocean.
List of riv ...
*
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
Rivers of Alberta
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