The Firebag River is a river in northern Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada. It gets its name from the traditional bags Aboriginals once used to carry fire-starting flints. Firebag River in western Canada It originates in Firebag Lake in northwestern Saskatchewan, flows west into Alberta, and discharges in the Athabasca River 65 km north of Fort McKay.
The length of the river is approximately 170 km, and the average discharge at the Athabasca River confluence is 20 m3/s.Alberta Environment - Firebag River discharge
The southern tract of Marguerite River WildlandAlberta Community Development - Marguerite River Wildland Park protects part of the river valley, and a recreation park for Northeast Alberta Region located along the river has been proposed in 1980Alberta Wilderness Association - McClelland Lake Wetland history
Suncor has an SAGD project in production (the Firebag in-situ operation), extracting bitumen from the oil sands of the McMurray Formation located in the river basin.Suncor - Firebag in-situ oil sands facility
Fort MacKay/Firebag Aerodrome is located away.
See also List of rivers of Alberta List of rivers of Saskatchewan
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