The Frenchman River, (Gros Ventre: níhʔɔɔtóóúníícááh, lit. 'white person river'[1]), also known locally as the Whitemud River, is a river in Saskatchewan, Canada and Montana, United States.[2] 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.[2]

Frenchman River
Location
Countries	Canada United States
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Cypress Hills 49.47641°N 109.39518°W / 49.47641; -109.39518 (Frenchman River headwaters)
• elevation	975 meters (3,199 ft)
Mouth
• location	Milk River 48.517351°N 107.251295°W / 48.517351; -107.251295 (Frenchman River mouth)
Length	341 kilometers (212 mi)

The river is approximately 341 kilometers (212 mi) long.[2]

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.

Course

The headwaters are found in Cypress Lake, in the Cypress Hills, at an elevation of 975 meters (3,199 ft). It flows east towards Eastend, then turns south-east. Various reservoirs are built on its course (Eastend Reservoir, Huff Lake, Newton Lake) and the river is used extensively for irrigation. The river becomes meandered as it flows through the Grasslands National Park, then turns south into Montana, where it flows into the Milk River, in Phillips County, Montana, north of Saco.

Fish species

The fish species include walleye, yellow perch, northern pike, burbot, common carp, white sucker and shorthead redhorse.

See also

• List of rivers of Montana
• List of rivers of Saskatchewan

References

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