The Reindeer River is a river in northern
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...
in the
Canadian Shield. It flows south from
Reindeer Lake
Reindeer Lake is a lake in western Canada located on the border between north-eastern Saskatchewan and north-western Manitoba, with the majority in Saskatchewan. The name of the lake appears to be a translation of the Algonquian name. It is ...
to the
Churchill River. The river's flow is regulated by the
Whitesand Dam
The Whitesand Dam lies on the Reindeer River in Saskatchewan, a tributary of the Churchill River. It regulates the outflow from Reindeer Lake.
The dam was built in 1942, as a way of regulating flows to Island Falls dam and hydropower stat ...
() located between Marchand Lake and Fafard Lake.
Access is by
Highway 102
Route 102 or Highway 102 can refer to multiple roads:
China
* China National Highway 102
Canada
* New Brunswick Route 102
* Newfoundland and Labrador Route 102
* Nova Scotia Highway 102
* Ontario Highway 102
* Prince Edward Island Rou ...
that ends at the community of
Southend
Southend-on-Sea (), commonly referred to as Southend (), is a coastal city and unitary authority area with borough status in southeastern Essex, England. It lies on the north side of the Thames Estuary, east of central London. It is bordered ...
.
See also
*
List of reservoirs by surface area
Below are the reservoirs (artificial lakes) in the world with a surface area exceeding . Reservoirs can be formed conventionally, by damming the outlet of a canyon or valley to form a lake; the largest of this type is Ghana's Lake Volta, with a w ...
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List of rivers of Saskatchewan
This is a list of rivers of Saskatchewan, a province of Canada.
The largest and most notable rivers are listed at the start, followed by rivers listed by drainage basin and then alphabetically.
Principal river statistics
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Hudson Bay drainage basin
The Hudson Bay drainage basin is the drainage basin in northern North America where surface water empties into Hudson Bay and adjoining waters. Spanning an area of about , the basin is almost totally in Canada (spanning parts of the Prairies, cen ...
References
External links
Southend, Reindeer Lake - Reindeer River - Churchill River – Sandy Bay
Rivers of Saskatchewan
Tributaries of Hudson Bay
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