Rapid River (Churchill River tributary)

Rapid River
Nistowiak Falls on the Rapid River
Churchill River drainage basin
Location of the mouth of the Rapid River in Saskatchewan
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	55°23′34″N 104°21′58″W / 55.39278°N 104.36611°W / 55.39278; -104.36611
• elevation	353 m (1,158 ft)
Mouth	Nistowiak Lake
• coordinates	55°24′01″N 104°21′59″W / 55.40028°N 104.36639°W / 55.40028; -104.36639Coordinates: 55°24′01″N 104°21′59″W / 55.40028°N 104.36639°W / 55.40028; -104.36639
• elevation	332 m (1,089 ft)
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 , which lies downstream from Lac la Ronge, over the Nistowiak Falls, one of the tallest in Saskatchewan, and the Fisher Rapids, to on the Churchill River, which flows to Hudson Bay. The entire river is within Lac La Ronge Provincial Park.

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A floatplane flyover of Rapid River in Saskatchewan, Canada including Fisher Rapids and Nistowiak Falls

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.

See also[]

• List of rivers of Saskatchewan
• Hudson Bay drainage basin

References[]

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