CHURCHILL (MISSINNIPPI or

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ENGLISH)  , the name of a river of the province of Saskatchewan and district of Keewatin, Canada . It rises in La Loche (or Methy) lake, a small lake in 56° 30' N. and ao9° 30' W., at an altitude of 1577 ft. above the sea, and flows E.N.E. to Hudson's Bay, passing through a number of lake expansions . Its principal tributaries are the Beaver (350 M. long), Sandy and Reindeer rivers . Between Frog and Methy portages (480 m.) it formed part of the old voyageur route to the Peace, Athabasca, and Mackenzie . It is still navigated by canoes, but has many rapids . Its principal affluent, the Reindeer, discharges the waters of Reindeer Lake (1150 ft. above the sea, with an area of 2490 sq. m.) and Wollaston Lake (altitude, 1300ft.) . The Churchill is 925 M. long . Fort Churchill, at its mouth, is the best harbour in the southern portion of Hudson's Bay . The portage of La Loche (or Methy), Ili M. in length, connects its head waters with the Clearwater river, a tributary of the Athabasca, draining into the Arctic Ocean .