Pasquia River is a river in the

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and

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. It begins in Saskatchewan in the

Pasquia Hills Pasquia Hills are hills in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. They are located in the east central part of the province in the RM of Hudson Bay No. 394 near the Manitoba border. The hills are the northern most in a series of hills called ...

and traverses

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and

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 ...

in the

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, moving from the Mid-Boreal Upland of the Pasquia Hills east to the Mid-Boreal Lowland. It meets 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 ...

in Manitoba at

The Pas The Pas ( ; french: Le Pas) is a town in Manitoba, Canada, located at the confluence of the Pasquia River and the Saskatchewan River and surrounded by the unorganized Northern Region of the province. It is approximately northwest of the provinc ...

. Near the river's mouth, several small dams, dykes, and other water control structures have been built to control water flows.

Description

Pasquia River begins at a small lake in the

Rural Municipality of Hudson Bay No. 394 The Rural Municipality of Hudson Bay No. 394 (Canada 2016 Census, 2016 population: ) is a List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan, rural municipality (RM) in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan within ...

at the eastern boundary of

Wildcat Hill Provincial Park Wildcat Hill Provincial Park is a wilderness park in north-eastern Saskatchewan approximately 40km from Hudson Bay. It is located amongst the Pasquia Hills, south of Highway 55, and west of Highway 9. The 21,752-hectare park was established a ...

in the Pasquia Hills. Coming out of the hills, it crosses Highway 9 and flows in an easterly direction towards the Manitoba border. At the Highway 9 bridge, there is a picnic area and access to the river from the Pasquia River Recreation Site (). As the river nears the border with Manitoba, it begins to flow north paralleling it. At Nosamwokwu Lake, the river turns east and meets the Saskatchewan River at The Pas, just downstream from Carrot River. In 1941, the Pasquia River Control Structure (Knapp Dam) was built by

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to control the waters from Pasquia Lake and improve conditions for water foul. Big Lake (which naturally drains into the Carrot River) was developed to store water during spring runoff. It releases water into Pasquia Lake then Pasquia River. The Kapp Dam also works to hold back water from the Saskatchewan River. Other diversions, dykes, and water control structures were built near the mouth in 1954 and 1960.

Fish species

Fish commonly found in Pasquia River include

walleye The walleye (''Sander vitreus'', synonym ''Stizostedion vitreum''), also called the yellow pike or yellow pickerel, is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern United States. It is a North American close relat ...

burbot The burbot (''Lota lota'') is the only gadiform (cod-like) freshwater fish Freshwater fish are those that spend some or all of their lives in fresh water, such as rivers and lakes, with a salinity of less than 1.05%. These environments di ...

lake sturgeon The lake sturgeon (''Acipenser fulvescens''), also known as the rock sturgeon, is a North American temperate freshwater fish, one of about 25 species of sturgeon. Like other sturgeons, this species is a bottom feeder with evolutionarily basal t ...

, and

northern pike The northern pike (''Esox lucius'') is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus '' Esox'' (the pikes). They are typical of brackish and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere (''i.e.'' holarctic in distribution). They are known simply as a ...

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Unearthing the Pasquia River
{{Authority control Rivers of Saskatchewan Rivers of Manitoba Dams in Manitoba Tributaries of Hudson Bay Hudson Bay No. 394, Saskatchewan

Description

Fish species

See also

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