Grass River (Manitoba)
The Grass River is a historically important waterway in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in the Northern Region of Manitoba, Canada. It begins at the Cranberry Lakes approximately 27 kilometres (17 mi) east of Cranberry Portage and runs northeast 500 kilometres (310 mi) to its mouth on the Nelson River. The river was a critical route for earlier European explorers and was part of the "Upper Tract" of the fur trade into Canadian interior.
| Grass River | |
|---|---|
Grass River | |
Location of the mouth of the Grass River in Manitoba | |
| Native name | Muskuskow' Sipi (Cree) |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Region | Northern Region |
| City | Cranberry Portage, Kelsey |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Cranberry Lakes |
| • coordinates | 54°43′16″N 101°0′3″W |
| • elevation | 295 m (968 ft) |
| Mouth | Nelson River |
• coordinates | 56°02′39″N 96°34′22″W |
• elevation | 168 m (551 ft) |
| Length | 599 km (372 mi) |
| Basin size | 15,400 km2 (5,900 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 100 m3/s (3,500 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 10 m3/s (350 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 250 m3/s (8,800 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Hudson Bay drainage basin |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Isbister Creek |
| • right | Metishto River, Wintering River, Pikwitonei River |
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