| Little Saskatchewan River | |
| Source1 Location: | Lake Audy |
| Mouth Location: | Assiniboine River |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Length: | 185km (115miles) |
The Little Saskatchewan River is a river in western Manitoba. It originates in Riding Mountain National Park at Lake Audy and flows about 65miles south through the communities of Minnedosa and Rapid City. Its approximate length is 185 km. It joins the Assiniboine River about 6miles west of Brandon. The watershed has an area of 1400sqmi. 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.[1]
The maximum mean daily discharge near Rivers, Manitoba was 9800cuft per second on July 1, 2020, about 2.7 times the previous record from 1969. Average annual runoff is about 115000acre.ft,[2] the equivalent of 1.4inches from the entire area or about 7% of the total annual precipitation.