Medicine River (Alberta)

Medicine River

The Medicine River from Alberta Highway 53
Country Canada
Basin
Main source Medicine Lake
982 m (3,222 ft)
52°43′54″N 114°43′53″W / 52.73167°N 114.73139°W / 52.73167; -114.73139 (Primary source of Medicine River)
River mouth Red Deer River
894 m (2,933 ft)
52°03′36″N 114°05′56″W / 52.06000°N 114.09889°W / 52.06000; -114.09889 (Red Deer River mouth)Coordinates: 52°03′36″N 114°05′56″W / 52.06000°N 114.09889°W / 52.06000; -114.09889 (Red Deer River mouth)

The Medicine River is a medium-sized river in central Alberta. It begins at the outlet of Medicine Lake, north of Rocky Mountain House. The Medicine River initially travels through the Rocky Mountain House Grazing Reserve, a protected area with over 15,000 acres (61 km2) of land set aside for cattle grazing and recreation.[1] The river flows southwest, taking on a number of creeks before passing Eckville. The Medicine River joins the Red Deer River north of Innisfail, downstream of the Dickson Dam, at the Medicine Flats. The Medicine is bridged by Alberta highways 53, 12, 11, and 54.

The Medicine River outside Rimbey, Alberta

The name Medicine River is a translation from the Cree words muskiki and nipagwasimow, or Sundance river. It first appeared on a John Arrowsmith map in 1859.[2]

Tributaries

See also

References

  1. ↑ Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
  2. ↑ Tracey Harrison, Place Names of Alberta: Volume III, Central Alberta. (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1994), page 164.


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