Medicine River (Alberta)

Medicine River

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

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 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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