Frenchman River
The Frenchman River, (Gros Ventre: níhʔɔɔtóóúníícááh, lit. 'white person river'), also known locally as the Whitemud River, is a river in Saskatchewan, Canada and Montana, United States. It is a tributary of the Milk River, itself a tributary of the Missouri and in turn a part of the Mississippi River watershed that flows to the Gulf of Mexico.
| Frenchman River | |
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Frenchman River Valley | |
The Milk River highlighted | |
Location of the mouth in Montana Frenchman River (North America) | |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Cypress Lake |
| • location | Cypress Hills |
| • coordinates | 49.47641°N 109.39518°W |
| • elevation | 975 meters (3,199 ft) |
| Mouth | Milk River |
• location | Saco, Montana |
• coordinates | 48.517351°N 107.251295°W |
• elevation | 665 meters (2,182 ft) |
| Length | 341 kilometers (212 mi) |
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| River system | Missouri River |
The river is approximately 341 kilometers (212 mi) long.
The name origin is uncertain, although both Métis and francophone settlers inhabited its banks at the turn of the 20th century. The Frenchman Formation, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, was named for the river.
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