The Whitesand River is a tributary of the

Assiniboine River The Assiniboine River ( ; ) is a long river that runs through the prairies of Western Canada in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. It is a tributary of the Red River. The Assiniboine is a typical meandering river with a single main channel embanked ...

and finds its headwaters at Whitesand Lake near Invermay in east-central

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. Its mouth can be found at its confluence with the Assiniboine River near

Kamsack Kamsack, Saskatchewan, Canada, is a town in the Assiniboine River Valley, where the Whitesand River, Saskatchewan, Whitesand River joins the Assiniboine River. It is northeast of Yorkton. Saskatchewan Highway 8, Highway 8 and Saskatchewan Highw ...

Tributaries

The following is a list of tributaries of the Whitesand River from the upper to lower

watershed Watershed may refer to: Hydrology * Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins * Drainage basin, an area of land where surface water converges (North American usage) Music * Watershed Music Festival, an annual country ...

: *Ebel Creek *Lawrie Creek *

Yorkton Creek Yorkton Creek, formally known as Little Whitesand River, is a river in the south-east region of the Canadian province Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of ...

, known as the Little Whitesand River before the year 2000 ** Crescent Creek **Willow Brook **Cussed Creek *Wallace Creek * Spirit Creek, via a channel from Good Spirit Lake *Crooked Hill Creek

Parks and recreation

Whitesand River Recreation Site () is a reserve and conservation area along the banks of the Whitesand River. It is in the Rural Municipality of Good Lake No. 274 along Highway 9, about south of Canora, and just north of where the Wallace Creek joins the Whitesand River. Whitesand Regional Park, which is part of Saskatchewan's Regional Park system, is located just off the

Yellowhead Highway The Yellowhead Highway () is a major interprovincial highway in Western Canada that runs from Winnipeg west to Graham Island off the coast of British Columbia via Saskatoon and Edmonton. It stretches across the four western provinces of Britis ...

at Theodore on the shore of Theodore Reservoir.

Dams and bridges

* Theodore Reservoir () was created when the Theodore Dam was built in 1964. The dam is high, and the reservoir has a capacity of . *Canora Weir is located near the town of Canora.

Communities

* Invermay *

Yorkton Yorkton is a city located in south-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is about north-west of Winnipeg and south-east of Saskatoon and is the sixth largest city in the province. Yorkton was founded in 1882 and incorporated as a city in 1928. ...

* Canora * Theodore * Springside

Fish species

Fishing commonly found in the river include

northern pike The northern pike (''Esox lucius'') is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus ''Esox'' (pikes). They are commonly found in brackish water, moderately salty and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere (''i.e.'' holarctic in distribution). T ...

and

carp The term carp (: carp) is a generic common name for numerous species of freshwater fish from the family (biology), family Cyprinidae, a very large clade of ray-finned fish mostly native to Eurasia. While carp are prized game fish, quarries and a ...

References

External links

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Traveling Luck's page about the Whitesand River
{{Authority control Rivers of Saskatchewan Invermay No. 305, Saskatchewan Tributaries of the Assiniboine River Tributaries of Hudson Bay