Montreal River is a river in the
Canadian province
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of
Saskatchewan
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. It flows from
Montreal Lake to
Lac la Ronge and is part of the
Churchill River and
Hudson Bay drainage basins. Along its course, Montreal River runs through
boreal forest
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s,
muskeg
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, and glacier formed valleys. Within its watershed are the
Waskesiu Uplands, much of
Prince Albert National Park
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, and several notable lakes, such as
Waskesiu,
Kingsmere,
Crean,
Weyakwin, and Bittern.
Course
Montreal River begins at Montreal Lake north of the community of
Molanosa and west of
Highway 969. It heads north and passes under at
Highway 2 at the site of the Montreal River Recreation Site. The river continues north, passes under
Highway 165, heads east through Partridge Crop Lake and Sikachu Lake and enters Egg Lake at Wawe Bay. It continues east through Bigstone Lake, passes again under Highway 2, and reaches its mouth at
Lac la Ronge between the communities of
La Ronge
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and
Air Ronge.
Montreal River Recreation Site
Montreal River Recreation Site () is a
provincial recreation site along the course of the Montreal River. It is a small roadside pull-out campground off of Highway 2 with six campsites.
Fish species
Fish species commonly found in the river include
walleye
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,
sauger,
yellow perch
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,
northern pike
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,
lake trout
The lake trout (''Salvelinus namaycush'') is a freshwater Salvelinus, char living mainly in lakes in Northern North America. Other names for it include mackinaw, namaycush, lake char (or charr), touladi, togue, laker, and grey trout. In Lake Sup ...
,
lake whitefish,
cisco
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,
burbot,
white sucker
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, and
longnose sucker.
See also
*
List of rivers of Saskatchewan
*
Hudson Bay drainage basin
References
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Rivers of Saskatchewan
Tributaries of Hudson Bay