Long Creek is a river in central

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that begins in

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, flows south-east into

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, and then flows back north into Saskatchewan. It is a tributary of the

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. The Souris River drains into the

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, which is part of the Red River drainage basin in a region called the

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of North America, which extends throughout three

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and five

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. It is also within

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and the

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. In 1957, a dam was built on Long Creek near where it meets the Souris River to create Boundary Dam Reservoir. March West Long Creek

In 1873, the Boundary Commission set out from Pembina, Dakota Territory to survey the

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. The route used by the commission followed several rivers near the border, including Long Creek. In 1874, the

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followed the same route along Long Creek on their March West to deal with the Cypress Hills Massacre.

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The source of Long Creek is in Saskatchewan, just south of Highway 13, near Forward and

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. From there it flows in a south-easterly direction towards Radville, the largest community on the river. Just north of Radville, Gibson Creek meets Long Creek. Near that point, a dam was built to create a small lake called Radville Reservoir. From Radville, it continues south-east towards

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where it crosses the first main highway,

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. After Highway 35, it passes

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and the community of Oungre en route to Highway 18. From Highway 18, it continues south-east towards the

, crossing Highway 350. It crosses the border about north of Crosby, North Dakota. At this point, the river goes through Crosby Country Club golf course and continues eastward before eventually turning due north back into Canada about west of the Noonan–Estevan Highway Border Crossing. Once back into Canada, the river empties into

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. Long Creek is the primary inflow and outflow for the reservoir, which supplies water to the

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. Until 2020, the reservoir also supplied

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's water. After the dam, Long Creek flows into the Souris River Valley where it meets the Souris River.

Tributaries

*Gibson Creek, a river that flows generally from west to east and meets up with Long Creek at Radville Reservoir, just north of the town of Radville. Gibson Creek's source is just south-west of Ceylon, Saskatchewan near the junction of

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and Highway 705. *Larson Reservoir, a man-made lake on the east side of Radville that flows into Long Creek.

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* {{Authority control Rivers of North Dakota Rivers of Saskatchewan International rivers of North America Tributaries of Hudson Bay Bodies of water of Divide County, North Dakota Souris River Tributaries of the Assiniboine River

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