Piwei River | |
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Nelson River drainage basin | |
Location | |
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Provinces | |
Rural municipality | RM of Hudson Bay No. 394 |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Porcupine Hills |
• location | Piwei Lakes |
• coordinates | 52°32′11″N 103°09′29″W / 52.5365°N 103.1580°W |
• elevation | 511 m (1,677 ft) |
Mouth | Etomami River |
• coordinates | 52°26′01″N 102°40′49″W / 52.4336°N 102.6802°W |
• elevation | 477 m (1,565 ft) |
Basin features | |
River system | Red Deer River |
Tributaries | |
• right | Big Valley Creek, Ravina Creek, Cameron Creek, Gara Creek |
Piwei River [1] is a river in the east-central part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in the boreal forest [2] ecozone of Canada. It begins at the western end of the Porcupine Hills at Piwei Lakes and heads in an easterly direction through a glacier-formed valley and into the Etomami River, which is a tributary of the Red Deer River. [3]
The river is accessed from Highways 984 and 983. Save for a small recreation park on the river's north bank, there are no communities nor settlements along its course. Big Valley Lake Ecological Reserve, [4] one of Saskatchewan's Representative Area Ecological Reserves, is in Piwei River's watershed upstream along Big Valley Creek's course on the shore of Big Valley Lake. [5] [6]
Piwei River begins south of the town of Porcupine Plain at an elevation of 511 m (1,677 ft) in a chain of several lakes called the Piwei Lakes [7] at the western end of the Porcupine Hills. From the lakes, it heads east through the Porcupine Provincial Forest and glacier-formed valleys en route to its terminus at the Etomami River. The valley that the river follows continues east past Etomami River and is a natural portage to the Pepaw River, which follows that same valley farther east. [8]
Piwei River Recreation Site ( 52°29′03″N 102°59′18″W / 52.4843°N 102.9883°W) [9] is a recreation site located on the north bank of Piwei River, just downstream from the Piwei Lakes. It is about 8 ha (20 acres) in size and 509 metres (1,670 ft) above sea level. The park facilities include an access to snowmobile trails, a warm up shelter, and access to the river. Accessed to the park is from Highway 984. [10] [11]