Swift Current Creek

Swift Current Creek
Swift Current Creek
The South Saskatchewan River drainage basin
Swift Current Creek is located in Saskatchewan
Swift Current Creek
Location of the mouth in Saskatchewan
Swift Current Creek is located in Canada
Swift Current Creek
Swift Current Creek (Canada)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvincesSaskatchewan
Physical characteristics
SourceCypress Hills
 • locationRM of Arlington No. 79
 • coordinates49°40′16″N 108°47′38″W / 49.6712°N 108.7939°W / 49.6712; -108.7939
 • elevation1,143 m (3,750 ft)
MouthLake Diefenbaker
 • location
 • coordinates
50°38′40″N 107°44′11″W / 50.6444°N 107.7365°W / 50.6444; -107.7365
 • elevation
556 m (1,824 ft)
Length230 km (140 mi)
Basin size3,939 km2 (1,521 sq mi)
Basin features
River systemSouth Saskatchewan River drainage basin
Tributaries 
 • left
  • Jones Creek
  • Bone Creek
 • right
  • Rock Creek
  • Pelletier Creek

Swift Current Creek[1] is a river in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. In the 1800s, Métis buffalo hunters called it Rivière au Courant (lit: "River of the Current"). This name was also adopted by the North-West Mounted Police on their March West in 1874. In 1883, the name Swift Current Creek was first published on official maps by the Department of the Interior. The river begins at an elevation of over 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) in the Cypress Hills and flows in a north-easterly direction through valleys and coulees en route to Lake Diefenbaker of the South Saskatchewan River in the semi-arid region known as Palliser's Triangle. Notable communities along the river's course include Swift Current, Waldeck, and South Fork.[2]

  1. ^ "Swift Current Creek". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Swift Current Creek Watershed Protection Plan" (PDF). Swift Current Creek Watershed. Saskatchewan Watershed Authority. Retrieved 15 May 2023.