The Crowsnest River is a tributary to the Oldman River in southwestern Alberta, Canada.

Location

From its source in Crowsnest Lake at an elevation of about in the

Canadian Rockies The Canadian Rockies (french: Rocheuses canadiennes) or Canadian Rocky Mountains, comprising both the Alberta Rockies and the British Columbian Rockies, is the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains. It is the easternmost part ...

, Crowsnest River meanders eastward through the

Municipality of Crowsnest Pass The Municipality of Crowsnest Pass is a specialized municipality in southwest Alberta, Canada. Within the Rocky Mountains adjacent to the eponymous Crowsnest Pass, the municipality formed as a result of the 1979 amalgamation of five municipalit ...

and Frank Slide. It passes into the foothills near Burmis and reaches the western margin of the Alberta plains near

Lundbreck Lundbreck is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9. It is located on the south side of Highway 3, approximately east of the southern terminus of Highway 22, east of the Municipalit ...

. It then joins the Oldman River Reservoir at an elevation of about .Canada NTS Maps 82G/9 Blairmore and 82G/10 Crowsnest, 1:50:000

Fish species

The Crowsnest River is highly productive with a substantial insect population fueling a world-class sport fishery for rainbow, westslope cutthroat, bull, hybrid trout (" cutbow" cutthroat and rainbow trout crosses),

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(below Lundbreck Falls), mountain whitefish, and various species of suckers.

References

Rivers of Alberta South Saskatchewan River Rivers of the Canadian Rockies {{Alberta-river-stub

Location

Fish species

See also

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