Saskatchewan River

The Saskatchewan River is a major river in Canada. It stretches about 550 kilometres from where it is formed by the joining of the and just east of .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Canada
  • Also known as: Saskatchewan

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grand Rapids.

Town
Photo: Bobak, CC BY 3.0.
is a town in , Canada, on the northwestern shore of where the Saskatchewan River enters the lake. As the name implies, the river had a significant drop at this point: more than 75 ft in less than 3 mi.

Saskatchewan River

Latitude
53.18892° or 53° 11′ 20″ north
Longitude
-99.25575° or 99° 15′ 21″ west
Elevation
215 metres (705 feet)
Open location code
96525PQV+HM
Geo­Names ID
6141252
Wiki­data ID
Q3047
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Saskatchewan River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Saskatchewanrivier
  • Armenian: Սասկաչևան (գետ)
  • Armenian: Սասկաչևան
  • Asturian: Ríu Saskatchewan
  • Basque: Saskatchewan ibaia
  • Belarusian: Рака Саскачэван
  • Belarusian: Саскачэван
  • Breton: Stêr Saskatchewan
  • Bulgarian: Саскачеван
  • Catalan: riu Saskatchewan
  • Catalan: Riu Saskatchewan
  • Cebuano: Saskatchewan River
  • Chinese: 萨斯喀彻温河
  • Croatian: Saskatchewan (rijeka)
  • Croatian: Saskatchewan
  • Czech: Saskatchewan
  • Danish: Saskatchewan River
  • Dutch: Saskatchewan
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر ساسكاتشيوان
  • Esperanto: Saskaĉevano
  • Finnish: Saskatchewanjoki
  • French: rivière Saskatchewan
  • French: Rivière Saskatchewan
  • Galician: Río Saskatchewan
  • German: Saskatchewan River
  • Hebrew: נהר ססקצ’ואן
  • Hungarian: Saskatchewan
  • Irish: Abhainn Saskatchewan
  • Italian: Saskatchewan
  • Japanese: サスカチュワン川
  • Kazakh: Саскачеван
  • Korean: 서스캐처원강
  • Latin: Saskatchewan (flumen)
  • Latin: Saskatchewan
  • Latvian: Saskačevana (upe)
  • Latvian: Saskačevana
  • Lithuanian: Saskačevanas
  • Mingrelian: სასკაჩევანი (წყარმალუ)
  • Mingrelian: სასკაჩევანი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Saskatchewan
  • Norwegian: Saskatchewan
  • Occitan (post 1500): Saskatchewan
  • Persian: رودخانه ساسکاچوان
  • Persian: ساسکاچوان
  • Polish: Saskatchewan
  • Portuguese: Rio Sascachevão
  • Portuguese: Rio Saskatchewan
  • Russian: Саскачеван
  • Serbian: Саскачеван
  • Serbo-Croatian: Saskatchewan
  • Slovenian: reka Saskatchewan
  • Slovenian: Saskatchewan River
  • Slovenian: Saskatchewan
  • South Azerbaijani: ساسکاچوان چایی
  • Spanish: Rio Saskatchewan
  • Spanish: Río Saskatchewan
  • Swedish: Saskatchewan River
  • Thai: แม่น้ำซัสแคตเชวัน
  • Turkish: Saskatchewan Nehri
  • Ukrainian: Саскачеван
  • Venetian: Sascaċiùan
  • Venetian: Saskatchewan
  • Vietnamese: Sông Saskatchewan
  • Waray (Philippines): Salog Saskatchewan
  • Welsh: Afon Saskatchewan
  • Western Panjabi: دریائے ساسکاٹچیوان
  • Saskatchewan River

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Beardy Point and Colville Point.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Saskatchewan River”. Photo: Leighton TebayBridge on Saskatchewan River, CC BY 2.0.