- Montreal River (Saskatchewan)
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Montreal River River Country Canada Province Saskatchewan Census Division Division No. 18, Saskatchewan Source Montreal Lake - elevation 489 m (1,604 ft) - coordinates 54°32′32″N 105°35′57″W / 54.54222°N 105.59917°W Mouth Lac la Ronge - location La Ronge - elevation 356 m (1,168 ft) - coordinates 55°05′00″N 105°19′02″W / 55.0833333°N 105.31722°W Length 100 km (62 mi) 
Location of the mouth of the Montreal River in Saskatchewan.For other places with the same name, see Montreal River.The Montreal River is a river in Census Division No. 18, Saskatchewan, Canada. It flows 100 kilometres (62 mi) from Montreal Lake to Lac la Ronge, and is part of the Churchill River and Hudson Bay drainage basins.
Course
The river begins at Montreal Lake 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the community of Molanosa and 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of Saskatchewan Highway 969. It heads north and passees under at Saskatchewan Highway 2 at the site of the Montreal River Provincial Recreation Site. The river continues north, passes under Saskatchewan Highway 165, heads east through Partridge Crop Lake and Sikachu Lake and enters Egg Lake (Saskatchewan) at Wawe Bay. It continues east through Bigstone Lake, passes again under Saskatchewan Highway 2, and reaches its mouth at Lac la Ronge between the communities of La Ronge and Air Ronge.
Fish Species
The fish species include walleye, sauger, yellow perch, northern pike, lake trout, lake whitefish, cisco, burbot, white sucker and longnose sucker.
References
- "Montreal River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search/unique_e.php?id=HAMMT&output=xml. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
- "Topographic Map sheets 73I12, 73I13, 73P3, 73P4". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. 2010-02-04. http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map/. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
- [1] Fish Species of Saskatchewan
Categories:- Saskatchewan geography stubs
- Rivers of Saskatchewan
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