Beaver River is a large river in east-central Alberta and central Saskatchewan, Canada.
Beaver River has a catchment area of 14,500 km in Alberta, where it drains the lake system in Lakeland County. The total length is 491 km.
It was first documented on the Turnor map of 1790, and then confirmed on the Harmon map of 1820.
Beaver River originates in Beaver Lake, south of Lac la Biche and the Northern Woods and Water Route. It flows south and then ...
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Beaver River is a large river in east-central Alberta and central Saskatchewan, Canada.
Beaver River has a catchment area of 14,500 km in Alberta, where it drains the lake system in Lakeland County. The total length is 491 km.
It was first documented on the Turnor map of 1790, and then confirmed on the Harmon map of 1820.
Beaver River originates in Beaver Lake, south of Lac la Biche and the Northern Woods and Water Route. It flows south and then turns east and flows toward the Alberta/Saskatchewan border, which it crosses south of Cold Lake. At this point, the Beaver river has an average annual discharge of 653,000,000 m. It continues east in Saskatchewan on to the village of Green Lake, where it turns north and flows toward the Lac Île-à-la-Crosse in the Churchill Lake system. From here, its waters are carried to the Hudson Bay by the Churchill River.
Beaver River flows through a predominantly flat area with rolling and undulating hills, and many lakes are drained through meandering...
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