Spirit Creek is a river located in the

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watershed in the

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. It begins east of

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and flows south-east into the north end of Good Spirit Lake. Along its route, it crosses Highway 5 and the CN Railway west of Buchanan. Just over south of Buchanan, it crosses Highway 47 and flows into Patterson Lake. From Patterson Lake, it empties into the north end of Good Spirit Lake. Near the mouth of the river is Bella Sands Resort, Good Spirit Petting Zoo, and the northern most point of

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. At the south end of Good Spirit Lake, there's a dam and an outflow channel. That channel flows eastward into a tributary of Whitesand River. Whitesand River continues eastward and meets up with the Assiniboine River. Spirit Creek Reservoir is east of Rama along a tributary of Spirit Creek. The dam and reservoir were built in the 1920s by

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to provide

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s with a water source. Later, it was owned and operated by the village of Rama. Most recently, Big Sky Farms owned the dam.

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{{Authority control Rivers of Saskatchewan Invermay No. 305, Saskatchewan Good Lake No. 274, Saskatchewan Tributaries of Hudson Bay Tributaries of the Assiniboine River

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