Sturgeon-weir River

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The Sturgeon - Weir River is a river in Ostzentral Saskatchewan in Canada. It has its origins in Corneille Lake.

It flows about 130 km in the south and later south-southeast direction. He flows through the Amisk Lake. Finally it flows at Sturgeon Landing in the Namew Lake. This is dehydrated to Cumberland Lake, which in turn flows through the part of Saskatchewan River. The river was on the main Voyageur Route from eastern Canada to the north east in the catchment area of the Mackenzie River. Its steep gradient ( about 4 feet per mile) meant that the Voyageurs the river Riviere Maligne River called or bath. Alexander MacKenzie compared the Sturgeon -weir River with a continuous rapids. For today's canoeists, the flux gradient near-perfect waters for paddling down the river dar.

Voyageur Route

The Voyageur route branches off about 125 miles west of Lake Winnipeg from the Saskatchewan River. A very short canal leads to Lake Cumberland. Then there is the important depot Cumberland House on the south shore. Upriver, the route leads through the Namew Lake Amisk Lake to which a road connection from Flin Flon is reachable today. Further upstream the Sturgeon -weir River today Saskatchewan Highway 106 crossed. About the Corneille Lake and the north because subsequent Mirond Lake Pelican Narrows Pelican Lake was reached. Next to the northwest lies the 400 - yard Frog Portage, leading to the northern Trade Lake and Churchill River. The route from here has at least 250 more miles on: upriver to Methye Portage, which then resulted in a westerly direction to the Churchill River in the catchment area of the Mackenzie River.