Qu'Appelle River
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 Qu'Appelle Valley panorama
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| Country | Canada |
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| Provinces | Saskatchewan, Manitoba |
| Part of | Red River drainage basin |
| Source | Lake Diefenbaker |
| - location | at Qu'Appelle River Dam, Saskatchewan. |
| - elevation | 550 m (1,804 ft) |
| - coordinates | 50°58′30″N 106°26′02″W / 50.97500°N 106.43389°W |
| Mouth | Assiniboine River |
| - location | near St. Lazare, Manitoba. |
| - elevation | 400 m (1,312 ft) |
| - coordinates | 50°26′38″N 101°19′11″W / 50.44389°N 101.31972°WCoordinates: 50°26′38″N 101°19′11″W / 50.44389°N 101.31972°W |
| Length | 430 km (267 mi) |
| Basin | 51,000 km2 (19,691 sq mi) |
 The Red River drainage basin, with the Qu'Appelle River highlighted
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The Qu'Appelle River /kəˈpɛl/ is a Canadian river that flows 430 kilometres (270 mi) east from Lake Diefenbaker in southwestern Saskatchewan to join the Assiniboine River in Manitoba, just south of Lake of the Prairies, near the village of St. Lazare.
With the construction of the Qu'Appelle River Dam and Gardiner Dam upstream water flow was significantly increased and regulated. Most of the Qu'Appelle's present flow is actually water diverted from the South Saskatchewan River.
The river flows into several lakes in southeast Saskatchewan, including:
The river also passes four provincial parks: Buffalo Pound Provincial Park, Echo Valley Provincial Park, Katepwa Point Provincial Park and Crooked Lake Provincial Park.
Assorted tributary coulees drain into the Qu'Appelle Valley at various junctures along its course, notably Echo Creek immediately upriver from Fort Qu'Appelle, and Last Oak Creek, north of Grenfell and Broadview, in the past the locus of an extremely successful aboriginal-managed ski resort. The other tributaries include the Moose Jaw River, Wascana Creek, Loon Creek, Jumping Deer Creek, Pheasant Creek, Kaposvar Creek and Lanigan Creek.
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