Nipekamew River is a river in the
Canadian province
Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North ...
of
Saskatchewan. The
river's source is
Nipekamew Lake at the north-western edge of the
Cub Hills and its mouth is in Nipekamew Bay at the southern shore of
Lac la Ronge. From the northern tip of Nipekamew Lake, the river travels from south to north through
muskeg
Muskeg (Ojibwe: mashkiig; cr, maskīk; french: fondrière de mousse, lit. ''moss bog'') is a peat-forming ecosystem found in several northern climates, most commonly in Arctic and boreal areas. Muskeg is approximately synonymous with bog or ...
and
boreal forest en route to Lac la Ronge. Lake la Ronge empties north into the
Churchill River through
Rapid River.
Nipekamew River is in the
Northern Saskatchewan Administration District and the only highway to cross the river is
Highway 165.
Highway 912 parallels the river from Nipekamew Lake to
Wapawekka Lake and Lac la Ronge. Adjacent to the mouth of the river is
Fox Point Indian Reserve.
The upper reaches of the river's watershed include
East Trout Lake
East Trout Lake is a lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The lake is directly north of Clarence-Steepbank Lakes Provincial Park in Saskatchewan's Northern Administration District. It is a long and narrow lake that runs in a west to ...
, tributaries from the hills of
Clarence-Steepbank Lakes Provincial Park
Clarence-Steepbank Lakes Provincial Park is a remote wilderness park in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located in the boreal forest ecozone east of Prince Albert National Park and Montreal Lake, west of the Cub Hills and Narrow ...
,
Nipekamew Creek
Nipekamew Creek is a creek in the boreal forest ecozone in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Its source is in muskeg approximately 20 kilometres west of Piprell Lake, near Highway 913. From the muskeg, the creek flows in a northerly dire ...
, and tributaries from the Cub Hills.
Nipekamew Sand Cliffs
Along the course of river are the
provincially protected Nipekamew Sand Cliffs. The sand cliffs are made up of layers of compacted sand, pebble, and clay that were deposited there 120 million years ago during the
Early Cretaceous period. Erosion by the Nipekamew River exposed the cliffs. The cliffs can be accessed from a 1.5 kilometre hiking trail that starts off of Highway 165.
See also
*
List of rivers of Saskatchewan
*
Hudson Bay drainage basin
References
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Rivers of Saskatchewan
Tributaries of Hudson Bay
Northern Saskatchewan Administration District