The Little Saskatchewan River is a river in western Manitoba. It originates in Riding Mountain National Park at Lake Audy and flows about south through the communities of Minnedosa and Rapid City. Its approximate length is 185 km. It joins the Assiniboine River about west of Brandon. The watershed has an area of . The watershed includes numerous lakes and three man-made reservoirs (Minnedosa Lake, Rapid City Reservoir and Lake Wahtopanah.
In 1911 the Geographic Board of Canada adopted the name Minnedosa River but restored the original name in 1978. Some early settlers to the area arrived when the river was in flood and thought it was the Saskatchewan River.Geographical Names of Manitoba : Manitoba Conservation 2000
The maximum mean daily discharge near Rivers, Manitoba was per second on July 1, 2020, about 2.7 times the previous record from 1969. Average annual runoff is about ,Archived data from Water Survey Canada the equivalent of from the entire area or about 7% of the total annual precipitation.
See also List of rivers of Manitoba
References
External links
Summary of Resources and Land Use in the Little Saskatchewan River Watershed