Trout River (Northwest Territories)

The Trout River ( English for " Trout River ") is a left tributary of the Mackenzie River in Canada's Northwest Territories.

The Trout River forms the outlet of Trout Lake. He leaves it on the north shore and flows in a northeasterly direction. He has occasional rapids and takes the water from several streams and lakes. The river begins to meander before it is crossed by Highway 1 ( Mackenzie Highway). The Trout River now makes a sharp turn towards the north. It flows through to the last 20 kilometers of a 60 m deep gorge before flowing 50 km upstream from Jean Marie River in the Mackenzie River. In the east, bordering the catchment area of ​​the Trout River to the Redknife the River, on the west by that of Jean Marie River.

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