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Petitot is a river in northern
Petitot River originates from Bistcho Lake in northwestern Alberta, and flows westwards along the northern borders of Alberta and British Columbia. It then passes in the Northwest Territories, where it discharges in the Liard River at the village of Hamlet of Fort Liard
- Petitot River It has a total length of and a drainage area of .
Alberta
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and British Columbia
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, Canada
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. It is a tributary of the Liard River.
Petitot River originates from Bistcho Lake in northwestern Alberta, and flows westwards along the northern borders of Alberta and British Columbia. It then passes in the Northwest Territories, where it discharges in the Liard River at the village of Fort Liard
Fort Liard (Slavey language: ''Echaot'l Koe'' "people from the land of the giants" or ''Acho Dene Kue'') is a hamlet in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is located north of the British Columbia border. It became acces ...
. From there, its waters are carried to the Arctic Ocean
The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceans. It spans an area of approximately and is known as the coldest of all the oceans. The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) recognizes it as an ocean, a ...
through the Mackenzie River.
The river takes its name from Father Émile Petitot, one of the first European to reach the area in 1867–68. The name in the Dene
The Dene people () are an indigenous group of First Nations who inhabit the northern boreal and Arctic regions of Canada. The Dene speak Northern Athabaskan languages. ''Dene'' is the common Athabaskan word for "people". The term "Dene" ha ...
language of the Slavey
The Slavey (also Slave and South Slavey) are a First Nations indigenous peoples of the Dene group, indigenous to the Great Slave Lake region, in Canada's Northwest Territories, and extending into northeastern British Columbia and northwestern ...
First Nations
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**First Natio ...
is ', "The Black".- Petitot River It has a total length of and a drainage area of .
Tributaries
*Thinahtea Lake Creek *July Lake Creek *Sahdoanah Creek *Thetlaandoa Creek * Tsea River *Dilly Creek *D'Easum CreekSee also
*List of rivers of Alberta
Alberta's rivers flow towards three different bodies of water, the Arctic Ocean, the Hudson Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Alberta is located immediately east of the continental divide, so no rivers from Alberta reach the Pacific Ocean.
List of r ...
*List of rivers of British Columbia
The following is a partial list of rivers of British Columbia, organized by watershed. Some large creeks are included either because of size or historical importance
(See Alphabetical List of British Columbia rivers ). Also included are lakes tha ...
References
Rivers of British Columbia Rivers of Alberta Fort Nelson Country Canyons and gorges of Canada Tributaries of the Liard River {{BritishColumbia-river-stub