Cochrane River (Canada)

River in Saskatchewan, Canada

58°38′27″N 103°01′01″W / 58.64083°N 103.01694°W / 58.64083; -103.01694 • elevation398 m (1,306 ft) MouthReindeer Lake

• location

Manitoba

• coordinates

57°53′6″N 101°34′14″W / 57.88500°N 101.57056°W / 57.88500; -101.57056

• elevation

337 m (1,106 ft)Length250 km (160 mi)Basin size28,400 km² (11,000 sq mi)^[1]Discharge • locationnear Brochet^[1] • average167 m³/s (5,900 cu ft/s)^[1] Basin featuresRiver systemChurchill River drainage basin^[2]^[3]

The Cochrane River is a river in Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan.^[2]^[4] Located in the boreal forest of the Canadian Shield, it flows from Wellbelove Bay on the northern end of Wollaston Lake in north-eastern Saskatchewan to the north-east end of Reindeer Lake in Manitoba. The river has a drainage basin of 28,400 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi)^[1] and is part of the Churchill River drainage basin.^[3]

The river flows north then east through a series of lakes (Bannock Lake and Charcoal Lake) in Saskatchewan and then flows in a southerly direction through lakes (Misty Lake and Lac Brochet) in Manitoba^[5] before entering Brochet Bay on the north-eastern end of the Manitoba section of Reindeer Lake.

The remote Manitoba community of Lac Brochet is located on Lac Brochet, and Brochet and Barren Lands are near the river's mouth.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Cochrane River near Brochet - 3119". R-ArcticNet. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Cochrane River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 29 August 2014. References full course of the river in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
^ ^a ^b "Atlas of Canada Toporama". Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^ "Cochrane River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 10 July 2018. References the course of the river in Saskatchewan only.
^ ^a ^b Map 9 (PDF) (Map). Official highway map of Manitoba. Manitoba Infrastructure. July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2018.{{cite map}}: CS1 maint: year (link)