Freeman River

Freeman River

Infobox_River
river_name = Freeman River


image_size = 280px
caption = The Freeman River near Fort Assiniboine
origin = Freeman River Headwaters
coord|54|39|56|N|115|57|54|W|scale:10000_region:CA-AB_type:river
mouth = Athabasca River
coord|54|19|14|N|114|47|16|W|scale:10000_region:CA-AB_type:river
basin_countries = flag|Alberta CAN
length =
elevation = m to ft|1096|abbr=yes
mouth_elevation = m to ft|605|abbr=yes
discharge =
watershed =

The Freeman River is a short river in west-central Alberta. The Freeman takes its name from the fur traders, who, after leaving the employ of the Hudsons Bay Company or the North West Company, decided to remain in the interior and work as free trappers or free hunters. [Aubrey, Merrily. "Place Names of Alberta, Volume IV: Northern Alberta," (Calgary: University of Calgary, 1996), 79.]

Course

The river flows in a southeastern direction for much of its course. It flows through a significant petroleum and natural gas field near the town of Swan Hills, before being bridged by Alberta Highway 32. The river then paralles Alberta Highway 33, takes on the Morse River, and joins the Athabasca River near Fort Assiniboine.

Tributaries

*Mons Lake
*Louis Creek
*Judy Creek
*Freeman Creek
*Sarah Creek
*Morse River

ee also

*List of Alberta rivers

References

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