La Salle River

The La Salle is a river in Manitoba, Canada,[1] with its source near Portage la Prairie and terminating in the Red River in Saint Norbert (southern Winnipeg). The La Salle River flows mainly through agricultural land. It is a slow-moving, meandering prairie river with variable depth. It is the primary river that flows throughout most of the rural municipality of Macdonald.

La Salle River
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceManitoba
Physical characteristics
MouthRed River
  location
Saint Norbert
  coordinates
49°45′22″N 97°08′29″W

On older maps, the river is named la Rivière Sale, la Rivière Salle, Salle River, or Stinking River.[2]

See also

References

  1. "La Salle River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. Louis Vivien de Saint-Martin et Louis Rousselet, Nouveau dictionnaire de géographie universelle, Hachette, Paris, 1892, p.514.

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