The Little Saskatchewan River is a river in western

Manitoba Manitoba ( ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population o ...

. It originates in Riding Mountain National Park at Lake Audy and flows about south through the communities of Minnedosa and

Rapid City Rapid City ( lkt, link=no, Mni Lúzahaŋ Otȟúŋwahe; "Swift Water City") is the second most populous city in South Dakota and the county seat of Pennington County. Named after Rapid Creek, where the settlement developed, it is in western So ...

. Its approximate length is 185 km. It joins 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 ...

about west of

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. The watershed has an area of . The watershed includes numerous lakes and three man made reservoirs (Minnedosa Lake, Rapid City Reservoir and

Lake Wahtopanah Lake Wahtopanah, also known as Rivers Reservoir, is a lake on the Little Saskatchewan River near the town of Rivers, Manitoba. Its dam was built by the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration in 1960 to supplement water supplies for irrigation. ...

. In 1911 the Geographic Board of Canada adopted the name Minnedosa River but restored the original name in 1978. Some early settlers to the area arrived when the river was in flood and thought it was the

Saskatchewan River The Saskatchewan River (Cree: ''kisiskāciwani-sīpiy'', "swift flowing river") is a major river in Canada. It stretches about from where it is formed by the joining together of the North Saskatchewan and South Saskatchewan Rivers to Lake Winn ...

. The maximum mean daily discharge near Rivers, Manitoba was per second on July 1, 2020, about 2.7 times the previous record from 1969. Average annual runoff is about ,Archived data from Water Survey Canada the equivalent of from the entire area or about 7% of the total annual precipitation.

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Summary of Resources and Land Use in the Little Saskatchewan River Watershed

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Rivers of Manitoba Tributaries of the Assiniboine River {{Manitoba-river-stub

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