Midnight Creek is a river in the

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. The river begins in the heart of the

Porcupine Hills The Porcupine Hills refer to various groups of hills and uplands located in the prairie provinces of Canada, specifically the Provinces and territories of Canada, provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. They are part of the Manitoba Escarpment ...

and of the

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and heads in a generally south-east direction through the

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before emptying into Elbow Lake. A short river connects Elbow Lake to Woody Lake, which is the source for

Woody River Woody River is a river in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The river's source is in the Porcupine Hills and Porcupine Provincial Forest of eastern Saskatchewan. From there it flows south through boreal forest and then east ...

. Highway 980 follows the river for much of its course. Midnight Creek travels through

boreal forest Taiga (; rus, тайга́, p=tɐjˈɡa; relates to Mongolic and Turkic languages), generally referred to in North America as a boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, ...

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, and connects many lakes of

Porcupine Hills Provincial Park Porcupine Hills Provincial Park is the newest provincial park in the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan. It was created in 2018 through the amalgamation of five pre-existing provincial recreation sites south-east of the town of Hudson Bay. T ...

including Isbister,

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, Island, and Elbow Lakes. Halliday, Isbister, and Midnight Lakes are along the river's course. Island Creek, which comes from Island and Spirit Lakes, meets up with Midnight Creek just upstream from Midnight Lake.

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{{Saskatchewan-geo-stub Rivers of Saskatchewan Hudson Bay No. 394, Saskatchewan

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