CHURCHILL RIVER (HUDSON BAY)

The 'Churchill River' (French: ''fleuve Churchill'') is a major river in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada. From the head of the Churchill Lake it is 1,609 km long.^[1] It was named after John Churchill, first duke of Marlborough and governor of the Hudson's Bay Company from 1685 to 1691. The Cree name for the river is Missinipi, meaning "big waters".^[2]
Its source is in Central-East Alberta (Beaver Lake, Beaver River, Sand River, Cold Lake, Winefred River), which drain into a series of lakes in in Saskatchewan (Churchill, Peter Pond, Ile a la Crosse). The main tributary, the Beaver River, joins at Lac Ile a la Crosse. A large amount of flow of the Churchill River after Manitoba - Saskatchewan border comes from the Reindeer River, which drains Wollaston Lake and Reindeer Lake. Flow from Reindeer Lake is regulated by the Whitesand Dam. From there, the Churchill River flows east through a series of lakes (Highrock, Granville, Southern Indian and Gauer), then flows via a diversion for hydro-electric generation into the Nelson River (60% of flow) into Button Bay inlet on Hudson Bay at Churchill, Manitoba ^[3].
For information on canoeing the Saskatchewan portion of the Churchill RIver, see the books ''Canoeing the Churchill: A Practical Guide to the Historic Voyageur Highway'' by Greg Marchildon & Sid Robinson, and ''Northern Saskatchewan Canoe Trips: A Guide to Fifteen Wilderness Rivers'' by Laurel Archer.

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1. Statistics Canada - Rivers of Canada, Source: Natural Resources Canada, GeoAccess Division. Last modified: 2005-02-02
2. Canadian Encyclopedia
3. Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan

External Links

★ Saskatchewan's Churchill River, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society


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