Geikie River (Saskatchewan)

Geikie River
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
Part of Mackenzie River drainage basin
and
Churchill River drainage basin
Source Costigan Lake
 - elevation 543 m (1,781 ft) [1]
 - coordinates 56°58′14″N 105°52′33″W / 56.97056°N 105.87583°W / 56.97056; -105.87583
Mouth Wollaston Lake
 - elevation 398 m (1,306 ft)
 - coordinates 57°45′00″N 103°52′02″W / 57.75000°N 103.86722°W / 57.75000; -103.86722Coordinates: 57°45′00″N 103°52′02″W / 57.75000°N 103.86722°W / 57.75000; -103.86722
Basin 7,730 km2 (2,985 sq mi)
Location of the mouth of the Geikie River in Saskatchewan
[2]

The Geikie River is a river in northern Saskatchewan, Canada.[2] Its source is Costigan Lake located near the uranium producing areas around the Key Lake mine in the Athabasca Basin and flows in a north-easterly direction to drain in Wollaston Lake.

As the primary inflow of Wollaston Lake (the largest natural bifurcation lake in the world) the Geikie River's most unusual feature is that it straddles a major drainage divide which separates waters flowing into Hudson Bay from those flowing into the Arctic Ocean.

From Wollaston Lake, waters from the Geikie River can flow into either the Fond du Lac River which flows out of the lake to the north-west where it drains into Lake Athabasca which ultimately drains into the Arctic Ocean via the Mackenzie River system, or into the Cochrane River which flows out of the north-eastern side of the lake and into Reindeer Lake which drains via the Churchill River system into Hudson Bay. If Hudson Bay is defined as part of the Atlantic Ocean then the Geikie River is the largest river in the world that drains naturally into two oceans.

Access

The Geikie River is bridged by Highway 905 at the highway's 184 kilometre mark.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Costigan Lake". Mapcoordinates.net. Vivid Planet Software GmbH. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  2. 1 2 "Geikie River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
  3. ↑ "Geikie River Campground". Retrieved 2014-08-29.


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