Whitefish River | |
Map: | Churchill river hudson basin map.png |
Map Size: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Saskatchewan |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the Whitefish River in Saskatchewan. |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type4: | Census Division |
Subdivision Name4: | No. 18 |
Length: | 24km (15miles) |
Source1: | Unnamed lake |
Source1 Coordinates: | 55.8856°N -105.1908°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 464m (1,522feet) |
Mouth: | Rowe Lake |
Mouth Coordinates: | 55.7156°N -105.3586°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 381m (1,250feet) |
River System: | Churchill River drainage basin |
Extra: | [1] |
The Whitefish River is a river in Census division No. 18 in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is in the Hudson Bay and Churchill River drainage basins.
The river begins at an unnamed lake at an elevation of 464m (1,522feet) and flows south then northeast. It then heads southwest, and reaches its mouth at Rowe Lake at an elevation of 381m (1,250feet), about 65km (40miles) north of the community of La Ronge. The waters of Rowe Lake flow through Shadd Lake to Black Bear Island Lake on the Churchill River.