Graham Creek, a tributary of the Souris River, is a river that flows from Saskatchewan near Maryfield into Manitoba where it meets the Souris River on the west side of

Melita, Manitoba Melita () is a town located in the south-western corner of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is surrounded by the Municipality of Two Borders and occupies a bend of the Souris River. Graham Creek runs along the west side of town and into ...

. The Souris River, in turn, drains into the

Assiniboine River The Assiniboine River (''; french: Rivière Assiniboine'') is a river that runs through the prairies of Western Canada in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. It is a tributary of the Red River of the North, Red River. The Assiniboine is a typical meand ...

, which is part of the Red River drainage basin in a region called the

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of North America. That region extends throughout three

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and five

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. It is also within

Palliser's Triangle Palliser's Triangle, or the Palliser Triangle, is a semi-arid steppe occupying a substantial portion of the Western Canadian Prairie Provinces, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba, within the Great Plains region. While initially determined to be uns ...

and the

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River's Course

Graham Creek starts about 11 kilometres south of Maryfield, near Highway 600. From there, the river heads towards the Manitoba border in a south-southeast direction where it crosses the border from Saskatchewan into Manitoba under the exact spot where

Saskatchewan Highway 13 Highway 13 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from the Alberta border (continuing westward as Alberta Highway 501) until it transitions into Highway 2 at the Manitoba border near Antler. Highway 13 is about 676&nbs ...

becomes

Manitoba Highway 2 Provincial Trunk Highway 2 (PTH 2) is a highway in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from Highway 13 at the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border to Winnipeg's Perimeter Highway near Oak Bluff. PTH 2 is the Manitoba portion of the Red Coat T ...

. It continues in a south-southeast direction crossing Road 345 west of

Tilston Tilston is a village and a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. At the 2001 Census, the population was recorded as 627, reducing to 603 at the 2011 census. St Ma ...

. Near the intersection of Road 256 and Road 445, it heads east along 445 until it meets the Souris River at Melita.

Concrete Beam Bridge

In the

Municipality of Two Borders The Municipality of Two Borders is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is located in the extreme south-west corner of the province in the Westman Region. The rural municipality's name is a reference to its lo ...

, an historic bridge, Concrete Beam Bridge No. 1351, crosses Graham Creek. It was constructed in 1927 by John Kenward and Company for $6,443 and is on the

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* {{authority control Rivers of Manitoba Rivers of Saskatchewan Tributaries of Hudson Bay Souris River

River's Course

Concrete Beam Bridge

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