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Amisk River
The Amisk River south of Lac La Biche, Alberta
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Amisk Lake
• coordinates	54°37′32″N 112°36′37″W / 54.62556°N 112.61028°W / 54.62556; -112.61028
• elevation	615 m (2,018 ft)
Mouth
• location	Beaver River
• coordinates	54°27′50″N 111°46′15″W / 54.46389°N 111.77083°W / 54.46389; -111.77083
• elevation	543 m (1,781 ft)

Amisk River is a river in east-central Alberta located in the basin of the Beaver River. The Amisk River forms at Amisk Lake and travels in a south-east direction, flowing through the Buffalo Lake and Kikino Metis settlements before being bridged by Highway 36. It joins the Beaver River near Alberta Secondary Highway 866. The Beaver River is a major tributary of the Churchill River, which flows east into Hudson Bay.

Amisk is the Cree name for beaver.

Tributaries

• Little Beaver Lake
• Cordwood Lake
• Whitefish Creek
• Drink Lake

See also

• List of rivers of Alberta
• Hudson Bay drainage basin

References

1. Harrison, Tracey. Place Names of Alberta, Volume III: Central Alberta, (Calgary: University of Calgary, 1994), 5.

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