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#1 on our #CanadaRivers countdown is the Mackenzie River. Appropriately named "big river" by Indigenous People, it's the 2nd largest drainage basin of any North American river after the Mississippi. The Mackenzie main branch flows entirely within the NWT, although the 4,241 km long system of its many tributaries reach into 5 other Canadian provinces and territories. Here's a 1964 NFB documentary on its exploration.

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https://youtu.be/H-YrFwypUQs

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And then there were two. The Yukon River is the 2nd longest river in Canada at 3,190 kms long. Its source is in British Columbia, flowing through the Yukon Territory (named after the river) and continues through Alaska where it empties into the Bering Sea. The Yukon was used for centuries of travel by Indigenous People, and was the principal means of transportation during the 1896–1903 Klondike Gold Rush.

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https://youtu.be/fOr8fLqhWpE

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After a suspenseful pause in our #CanadaRivers countdown we now present #3. The St. Lawrence River runs 3,058 km from the farthest headwater (Minnesota) to the mouth and 1,197 km from the outflow of Lake Ontario. It had many Indigenous names but the current name was applied to the bay by Jacques Cartier upon his arrival into the region on the 10th of August feast day for Saint Lawrence in 1535.

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https://youtu.be/D7hlE87TINI

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The Nelson River in Manitoba is #4 on the #CanadaRivers countdown. It drains Lake Winnipeg and runs 644 kilometres ending in Hudson Bay near Port Nelson. Its full length (including the Saskatchewan River and Bow River) is 2,575 km and has a drainage basin of 1,072,300 km/2. It was not named after a famous Nerd, but after Robert Nelson, a ship's master who died at the mouth of the river.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_River

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We have arrived at the top 5 in the #CanadaRivers. The Slave River flows for 2,338 km from the Peace River in Alberta to Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories. The river's name is thought to derive from the name for the Slavey group of the Dene First Nations, Deh Gah Gotʼine, in the Athabaskan languages. The river is home to the northernmost river pelican colony in North America and their sanctuary is closed to humans from Apr 15 to Sep 15.

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The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest, and #6 on the #CanadaRivers countdown. The 2,000 km river forms in the Rocky Mountains of B.C., flowing northwest and then south into the U.S. state of Washington, turning west to form a border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific Ocean. Its drainage basin is roughly the size of France and extends into 7 states and 1 Canadian province.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_River

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For lucky #7 on our countdown of #CanadaRivers we return to the Saskatchewan River. Including its tributaries, the North and South Saskatchewan rivers, the total length reaches 1,939 km until it drains into Lake Winnipeg. The river, like the province of Saskatchewan, takes its name from the Cree word kisiskāciwani-sīpiy, meaning "swift flowing river", and provided an important route of transportation for First Nations.

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https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/saskatchewan-river

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The Peace River is #8 on the #CanadaRivers countdown. At 1,923 km, it originates as the Finlay River in the Rocky Mountains of northern British Columbia and flows to the northeast through northern Alberta, ultimately joining the Slave River, a tributary of the Mackenzie River. The combined Finlay–Peace–Slave–Mackenzie river system is the 13th longest river system in the world.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_River