Kakisa River

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The Kakisa River is a left tributary of the Mackenzie River in the province of Alberta and the Northwest Territories of Canada.

The river is named after the Kakisa Formation, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.

The Kakisa River has its origins in the far north- western Alberta in the 570 m high Creighton Lake. It flows in a westerly direction occurs for a short time on the territory of the Northwest Territories, but then returns back to Alberta. 3 km east of the border to British Columbia, the river turns north and then flows into the Northwest Territories. He keeps his course at the north or north-east and runs parallel to a piece Redknife River. Then the Kakisa River turns east and forms a complex lakes and canal system before it flows into the western end of Lake Tathlina. This he leaves again on its northern shore and sets her course to the north and reached the southern shore of Kakisa Lake. In the municipality of Kakisa on the north shore of Kakisa River leaves the lake. He now overcomes the Lady Evelyn Falls, is then crossed by the Mackenzie Highway, and finally reached the Mackenzie River at the outlet of Great Slave Lake.