Rapid River (Churchill River tributary)

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

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. At the mouth of the river, on Nistowiak Lake, is the Stanley 157A Indian reserve.

Rapid River
Nistowiak Falls on the Rapid River
Churchill River drainage basin
Location of the mouth of the Rapid River in Saskatchewan Rapid River (Churchill River tributary) (Canada)
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Physical characteristics
Source	Iskwatikan Lake
• coordinates	55°23′34″N 104°21′58″W
• elevation	353 m (1,158 ft)
Mouth	Nistowiak Lake
• coordinates	55°24′01″N 104°21′59″W
• elevation	332 m (1,089 ft)
Length	1 km (0.62 mi)

A floatplane flyover of Rapid River in Saskatchewan, Canada including Fisher Rapids and Nistowiak Falls

Fish species

The fish species in Rapid 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
• Hudson Bay drainage basin

References

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