Goose River (Manitoba)
| Goose River | |
| Rat Creek, Small's River | |
 Tracking Rapids on the Goose River
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| Country | Canada |
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| Province | Manitoba |
| Region | Northern Region |
| Part of | Nelson River drainage basin |
| Source | Lake Athapapuskow |
| - elevation | 291 m (955 ft) |
| - coordinates | 54°33′26″N 101°27′39″W / 54.55722°N 101.46083°W |
| Mouth | Sturgeon-Weir River |
| - elevation | 267 m (876 ft) |
| - coordinates | 54°18′57″N 101°49′06″W / 54.31583°N 101.81833°WCoordinates: 54°18′57″N 101°49′06″W / 54.31583°N 101.81833°W |
| Length | 40.5 km (25 mi) |
| Width | 30 km (19 mi) |
  Location of Goose River in Manitoba.
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Goose River is a waterway in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in the Northern Region of Manitoba, Canada, approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Bakers Narrows.
The river's source is Lake Athapapuskow, near the community of Cranberry Portage. It runs south to Goose Lake, then continues to its confluence with the Sturgeon-Weir River. It provided an important route for First Nations hunters to travel between the Saskatchewan River and the Grass River systems. The river was explored by Samuel Hearne in 1774. The river (and Goose Lake) is first noted in a map drawn by Philip Turnor in 1779. It was travelled by David Thompson in 1794, and many other early European explorers and fur traders as a part of the "Middle Tract" from the interior of Canada to the Hudson Bay. In 1847, an Anglican missionary from nearby Cumberland House records converting Kinnakahpoo, "chief of the Rat River" on the banks of the river. It was first surveyed in 1896 by J.B. Tyrell. In 1919 the Canadian government created a channel through some of the rapids to make the route more easily navigable by canoe as an encouragement for prospectors to explore the region.
The remote stream flows through Churchill River Upland portion of the Midwestern Canadian Shield forests and is surrounded by mixed forest with stands of black spruce, white spruce, jack pine, and trembling aspen. The shoreline is characterized by steeply sloping irregular rock ridges and poorly drained areas of muskeg.
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