Whitemud River
| Whitemud River | |
|---|---|
Whitemud River in Westbourne | |
| Location | |
| Canada | |
| Province | Manitoba |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Lake Manitoba |
• location | Lynchs Point |
• coordinates | 50°18′08″N 98°35′15″W / 50.30222°N 98.58750°W |
• elevation | 247 m (810 ft) |
| Basin size | 7,110 km2 (2,747 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Westbourne |
| • average | 6.91 m3/s (244 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 0.107 m3/s (3.8 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 94.4 m3/s (3,330 cu ft/s) |
The Whitemud River is a small, highly meandering river in southwest Manitoba, Canada. It begins at the confluence of Stony Creek and Boggy Creek in Neepawa, and flows east to Arden, Gladstone, Westbourne, discharging into Lake Manitoba at Lynchs Point. Its total drainage area is 7,110 square kilometres (2,747 sq mi).
The fur trader Alexander Henry referred to it in 1799 as Riviere Terre Blanche, translated as "White Earth River" or "White Mud River", likely deriving its name from the colour of the clay and soil along its banks.