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SASKATCHEWAN (Cree: " Rapid River ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 226 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SASKATCHEWAN (See also:Cree: " Rapid See also:River ")  , a See also:river of See also:Alberta and See also:Saskatchewan provinces, See also:Canada . Two large streams known as the See also:North and See also:South Saskatchewan unite near See also:Prince See also:Albert, and thence flow E. into See also:Lake See also:Winnipeg . The North Saskatchewan rises in the Rocky Mountains in 52° 07' N. and 117° o6' W., and flows See also:east, though with many windings, receiving several important tributaries, including the Clearwater, Brazeau and See also:Battle . The South Saskatchewan is formed by the See also:union of the See also:Bow and the Belly, the former and larger of which rises in western Alberta in one of the highest districts of the Rockies . Flowing east in an extremely tortuous course, it receives the See also:waters of the Red See also:Deer, and farther on turns abruptly north to its junction with the other See also:branch . The length of the See also:united Saskatchewan is about 300 m.; shallow See also:draught steamers ascend from its mouth to See also:Edmonton on the North Branch, a distance of about 85o m .

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