North Saskatchewan River
Water type: River
Basin: Saskatchewan River -> Lake Winnipeg -> Nelson River -> Hudson Bay -> Arctic ocean -> Planet Earth
Continent:
North America
Climate:
Continental
Country:
Canada
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Esociformes - Pikes
Cypriniformes - Carps
Gadiformes - Cods
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Esociformes - Pikes
Cypriniformes - Carps
Gadiformes - Cods
Petromyzontiformes - Lampreys
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Esociformes - Pikes
Cypriniformes - Carps
Gadiformes - Cods
Petromyzontiformes - Lampreys
The North Saskatchewan River is a glacier-fed river that flows from the Canadian Rockies continental divide east to central Saskatchewan, where it joins with the South Saskatchewan River to make up the Saskatchewan River. Its water flows eventually into the Hudson Bay.
The Saskatchewan River system is the largest shared between the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.[1] Its watershed includes most of southern and central Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Fish species include: walleye, sauger, yellow perch, northern pike, goldeye, mooneye, lake sturgeon, mountain whitefish, burbot, longnose sucker, white sucker and shorthead redhorse. The upper North Saskatchewan River contains cutthroat trout (although not native), and bull trout.