Puskwaskau River Puskwaskau River The Puskwaskau River is a short river in Northern Alberta, Canada. It is a tributary of the Smoky River flowing westwards in the Peace River Country. Its waters flow through the Smoky River, Peace River, Slave River, Great Slave Lake and Mackenzie River into the Arctic Ocean. The name of the river originates from the Cree word for "short grass". The Puskwaskau Formation, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, was named for the river. The river originates from the Puskwaskau Lake in the Sturgeon Heights, at an elevation of , north-west from Valleyview. It flows
Rapid River (Cree River tributary) flow via the Cree River, the Fond du Lac River and the Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean. Rapid River (Cree River tributary) The Rapid River is a river in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is part of the Mackenzie River drainage basin. The Rapid River begins at an unnamed lake at an elevation of . It travels north to Kirsch Lake at an elevation of , where it takes in several unnamed tributaries, including one from the left arriving from Halliday Lake. The river continues to Parker Lake at an elevation of where it takes in the left tributary Arnold