| Piwei River | |
|---|---|
 Nelson River drainage basin | |
  Location of the mouth in Saskatchewan  Piwei River (Saskatchewan) | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Provinces | |
| Rural municipality | RM of Hudson Bay No. 394 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Porcupine Hills |
| • location | Piwei Lakes |
| • coordinates | 52°32′11″N 103°09′29″W / 52.5365°N 103.1580°W |
| • elevation | 511 m (1,677 ft) |
| Mouth | Etomami River |
• coordinates | 52°26′01″N 102°40′49″W / 52.4336°N 102.6802°W |
• elevation | 477 m (1,565 ft) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Red Deer River |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Big Valley Creek, Ravina Creek, Cameron Creek, Gara Creek |
Piwei River[1] is a river in the east-central part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in the boreal forest[2] ecozone of Canada. It begins at the western end of the Porcupine Hills at Piwei Lakes and heads in an easterly direction through a glacier-formed valley and into the Etomami River, which is a tributary of the Red Deer River.[3]
The river is accessed from Highways 984 and 983. Save for a small recreation park on the river's north bank, there are no communities nor settlements along its course. Big Valley Lake Ecological Reserve,[4] one of Saskatchewan's Representative Area Ecological Reserves, is in Piwei River's watershed upstream along Big Valley Creek's course on the shore of Big Valley Lake.[5][6]
- ^ Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names - Piwei River". www4.rncan.gc.ca.
- ^ "Boreal Plains Ecozone". ecozones. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "Piwei River Recreation Site, Saskatchewan Map". Geodata.us. Geodata.us. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "Ecological Reserves in the Hudson Bay Area". Town of Hudson Bay. Town of Hudson Bay. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. "Place names - Big Valley Lake". www4.rncan.gc.ca.
- ^ "Representative Area Ecological Reserve". Geohub.Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment. Retrieved 13 April 2022.