Rapid River (Churchill River tributary) facts for kids
For other places with the same name, see Rapid River (disambiguation).
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Nistowiak Falls on the Rapid River
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 Location of the mouth of the Rapid River in Saskatchewan
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| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
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| Main source | Iskwatikan Lake 353 m (1,158 ft) 55°23′34″N 104°21′58″W / 55.39278°N 104.36611°W |
| River mouth | Nistowiak Lake 332 m (1,089 ft) 55°24′01″N 104°21′59″W / 55.40028°N 104.36639°W |
| Length | 1 km (0.62 mi) |
The Rapid River is a short river in central Saskatchewan, Canada, about 13 kilometres (8 mi) east of the community of Stanley Mission. It is part of the Churchill River drainage basin. The river is about 1,000 metres (3,281 ft) long and flows north from Iskwatikan Lake, which lies downstream from Lac la Ronge, over the Nistowiak Falls, one of the tallest in Saskatchewan, and the Fisher Rapids, to Nistowiak Lake on the Churchill River, which flows to Hudson Bay. The entire river is within Lac La Ronge Provincial Park.
Fish species
The fish species in the river include: walleye, sauger, yellow perch, northern pike, lake trout, lake whitefish, cisco, white sucker, shorthead redhorse, longnose sucker, lake sturgeon and burbot.
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