Assineau River

Infobox River
river_name = Assineau River


caption =
origin = Sawridge Hill, Grizzly Ridge Wildland Provincial Park
coord|55|13|24|N|115|13|13|W|scale:10000_type:river_region:CA-AB
mouth = Lesser Slave Lake
coord|55|23|27|N|115|11|54|W|scale:15000_type:river_region:CA-AB|name=Sturgeon River mouth
basin_countries = Canada
length =
elevation = m to ft|819|abbr=yes
mouth_elevation = m to ft|577|abbr=yes
discharge =
watershed =

The Assineau River is a short river forming in central Alberta. The Assineau flows into Lesser Slave Lake, which flows out through the Lesser Slave River, a major tributary of the Athabasca River. The name for the river was in use by 1904. It is suggested that "Assineau" is a version of the Cree word for "nobody." [Aubrey, Merrily. "Place Names of Alberta: Volume IV, Norhtern Alberta." Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1996. Page 7."]

The river forms in Grizzly Ridge Wildland Provincial Park and heads north towards Lesser Slave Lake. The river is bridged by Alberta Highway 2 and flows past the hamlet of Assineau, Alberta. [Mussio Ventures."South Peace Alberta Mapbook."Burnaby: Backroad Mapbooks, 2004.]

ee also

*List of Alberta rivers

References