Beaver River (Canada)

The Beaver River south of Lac La Biche

The Beaver River ( literally translated as " Beaver River " ) is a large river in east-central Alberta and central Saskatchewan in Canada.

The Beaver River has a catchment area of 14,500 km ² in Alberta, where it drains the lake system in the Lac La Biche County. The total length is 491 km.

The river was first mentioned in the Turnor Map from 1790 and confirmed at the Harmon map from the year 1820.

Course of the river

The Beaver River has its origin in the Beaver Lake south of Lac La Biche and the Northern Woods and Water Route. It flows in a southerly direction and then turns east and crosses the border from Alberta to Saskatchewan south of Cold Lake. At this point, its average discharge is 20.7 m³ / s He continues on his way to the East continued to the village of Green Lake, where it turns north and flows into the lake Lac Île -à -la- Crosse, which belongs Lake Lakes system for Churchill. From there the water flows over the Churchill River to Hudson Bay.

Tributaries

• Amisk River
• Fork Creek
• Columbine Creek
• Moose Lake River Thin Lake River

• Wolf River

Fauna

In the Beaver River can be found, inter alia, following species of fish: Walleye, Canadian walleye ( Sander canadensis), American perch, pike, American char, Heringsmaräne, American vendace (Coregonus Artedi ), Catostomus commersonii, Catostomus catostomus catostomus and burbot.