Rapid River (Churchill River)

For other places with the same name, see Rapid River.

Rapid River
River
Nistowiak Falls on the Rapid River
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Source	Iskwatikan Lake
- elevation	353 m (1,158 ft)
- coordinates
Mouth	Nistowiak Lake
- elevation	332 m (1,089 ft)
- coordinates
Length	1 km (1 mi)
Location of the mouth of the Rapid River in Saskatchewan.

The Rapid River is a short river in central Saskatchewan, Canada, about 13 kilometres (8 mi) east of the community of Stanley Mission. It is part of the Churchill River drainage basin. The river is about 1,000 metres (3,281 ft) long and flows north from Iskwatikan Lake, which lies downstream from Lac la Ronge, over the Nistowiak Falls, one of the tallest in Saskatchewan, and the Fisher Rapids, to Nistowiak Lake on the Churchill River, which flows to Hudson Bay. The entire river is within Lac La Ronge Provincial Park.

Fish species

The fish species in the river include: walleye, sauger, yellow perch, northern pike, lake trout, lake whitefish, cisco, white sucker, shorthead redhorse, longnose sucker, lake sturgeon and burbot.

See also

• List of rivers of Saskatchewan

References

• [1] Fish Species of Saskatchewan
• Lac La Ronge Provincial Park