Broad River | |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Manitoba |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the Broad River in Manitoba |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Manitoba |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Northern |
Subdivision Type4: | Census division |
Subdivision Name4: | 23 |
Source1: | Unnamed lake |
Source1 Coordinates: | 57.5728°N -94.3003°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 108m (354feet) |
Mouth: | Hudson Bay |
Mouth Coordinates: | 58.1369°N -92.8494°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0m (00feet) |
River System: | Hudson Bay drainage basin |
The Broad River is a river in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in Census division 23 in Northern Manitoba, Canada.[1] Its flows from an unnamed lake to Hudson Bay.[2]
The river is crossed north of the settlement of O'Day by the Hudson Bay Railway, travelled by the Via Rail Winnipeg – Churchill train.
A large portion of the river from its mouth upstream is part of Wapusk National Park.[3]
A site near the mouth of the river was considered for an atomic weapons proving ground for British nuclear testing with the cooperation of the Canadian government, but the Monte Bello Islands off the Northwestern coast of Australia was selected instead.[4]