Big Muddy Creek is a tributary of the
Missouri River, approximately 191 mi (307 km) long, in the
Canadian province
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of
Saskatchewan
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and the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sover ...
of
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...
. Its source is in the
Big Muddy Badlands of Saskatchewan.
Big Muddy Creek begins in southern Saskatchewan at
Big Muddy Lake,
east of
Big Beaver, Saskatchewan Big Beaver is an organized hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
It is referenced in Warren Zevon's song "Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song)" from his 2002 album ''My Ride's Here''. It featured vocals by David Letterman.
Demographics
In ...
. It flows south through the
Big Muddy Badlands and into
Sheridan County, Montana
Sheridan County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,539. Its county seat is Plentywood. Its northern boundary is the Canada–United States border south of Saskatchewan.
History
The Montana ...
, past
Redstone. From there, east past
Plentywood and then south forming the eastern border of
Fort Peck Indian Reservation
The Fort Peck Indian Reservation ( asb, húdam wįcášta, dak, Waxchį́ca oyáte) is located near Fort Peck, Montana, in the northeast part of the state. It is the home of several federally recognized bands of Assiniboine
The Assinibo ...
. It joins the Missouri west of
Culbertson.
It was explored in 1805 by the
Lewis and Clark Expedition
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase. The Corps of Discovery was a select gro ...
, who called it Martha's River in their journals and noticed on their return voyage in 1806 that it had changed its mouth on the Missouri.
Along with the
Milk River and the
Poplar River, it is one of three waterways in Canada that drain into the Gulf of Mexico.
Variant names
Big Muddy Creek has also been known as: Big Muddy River, Little Yellow River, Martha River, Martha's River, Marthas River, Marthy's River and Park River.
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See also
* Missouri River
*List of rivers of Montana
The following is a partial list of rivers of Montana (U.S. state).
East of Continental Divide
Water in these rivers flows east and south from the Continental Divide of the Americas, also known as the Great Divide, into the Gulf of Mexico via t ...
*List of rivers of Saskatchewan
This is a list of rivers of Saskatchewan, a province of Canada.
The largest and most notable rivers are listed at the start, followed by rivers listed by drainage basin and then alphabetically.
Principal river statistics
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References
Rivers of Montana
Rivers of Saskatchewan
Tributaries of the Missouri River
Bodies of water of Roosevelt County, Montana
Bodies of water of Sheridan County, Montana
Happy Valley No. 10, Saskatchewan
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