The Canadian River is a tributary of the
North Platte River
The North Platte River is a major tributary of the Platte River and is approximately long, counting its many curves.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 21, 2011 I ...
, approximately long,
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, accessed March 21, 2011 located in
Jackson County in north central
Colorado
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in the United States. It drains the eastern edge of the
North Park basin along the western side of
Medicine Bow Mountains.
It rises in several short forks that descend from the southwest edge of the Medicine Bow Mountains near
Clark Peak in southeastern
Jackson County, north of
Gould and northwest of
Cameron Pass. It descends to the northwest through the
Colorado State Forest
State Forest State Park is a Colorado State Park located in Jackson and Larimer counties east of Walden, Colorado, United States. The park was established in 1970 in the Medicine Bow Range of the Rocky Mountains. Facilities include a visitors ...
, and in the valley floor, where it becomes a
braided stream
A braided river (also called braided channel or braided stream) consists of a network of river channels separated by small, often temporary, islands called '' braid bars'' or, in British English usage, '' aits'' or ''eyots''.
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as it passes through ranch country. It roughly skirts the eastern edge of the valley, roughly parallel to the
Michigan River to the west. It joins the North Platte from the east in north central Jackson County, approximately 7 mi (12 km) north of
Walden
''Walden'' (; first published as ''Walden; or, Life in the Woods'') is an 1854 book by American transcendentalism, transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon the author's simple living in natural surroundings. T ...
and approximately 2 mi (3 km) downstream from the mouth of the Michigan.
See also
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List of rivers of Colorado
This is a list of rivers and streams in the United States, U.S. Colorado, State of Colorado.
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Alphabetical list
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References
Rivers of Jackson County, Colorado
Rivers of Colorado
Tributaries of the Platte River
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