The La Salle is a river in Manitoba, Canada,[1] with its source near Portage la Prairie and terminating in the Red River in Saint Norbert (southern Winnipeg). The La Salle River flows mainly through agricultural land. It is a slow-moving, meandering prairie river with variable depth. It is the primary river that flows throughout most of the rural municipality of Macdonald.
La Salle River | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Manitoba |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | Red River |
• location | Saint Norbert |
• coordinates | 49°45′22″N 97°08′29″W / 49.75611°N 97.14139°W |
On older maps, the river is named la Rivière Sale, la Rivière Salle, Salle River, or Stinking River.[2]
It lies in the North American tectonic plate region.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "La Salle River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ Louis Vivien de Saint-Martin et Louis Rousselet, Nouveau dictionnaire de géographie universelle, Hachette, Paris, 1892, p.514.
- ^ "Tectonic Plates". United States Geological Survey (USGS). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
External links
editMedia related to La Salle River at Wikimedia Commons