The Assineau River is a short river forming in central Alberta. The Assineau flows into Lesser Slave Lake, which flows out through the Lesser Slave River, a major tributary of the Athabasca River. The name of the river was in use by 1904. It is suggested that Assineau is a version of the Cree word for nobody.Aubrey, Merrily. Place Names of Alberta: Volume IV, Northern Alberta. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1996. Page 7.
The river forms in Grizzly Ridge Wildland Provincial Park and heads north towards Lesser Slave Lake. The river is bridged by Alberta Highway 2 and flows past the hamlet of Assineau, Alberta.Mussio Ventures.South Peace Alberta Mapbook.Burnaby: Backroad Mapbooks, 2004.
See also List of Alberta rivers
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