List of Prince Edward Island rivers
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This is a list of rivers, tributaries
Tributary
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...

and creeks located on the island of Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...

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Despite the fact that many are called rivers, their freshwater portions are not large enough to warrant this name. These watercourses are more correctly categorized as streams
STREAMS
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, with the majority of their length being tidal inlets or estuaries where the small amount of fresh water interchanges with salt water from the Gulf of St. Lawrence or Northumberland Strait.
  • Atlantic
    Atlantic Ocean
    The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...

    Watershed
    • Gulf of Saint Lawrence
      Gulf of Saint Lawrence
      The Gulf of Saint Lawrence , the world's largest estuary, is the outlet of North America's Great Lakes via the Saint Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean...

       Watershed
      • Anderson River
      • Baltic River
      • Barbara Weit River
      • Battis River
      • Bear River
      • Beatons River
      • Bedeque River
      • Belle River
      • Bentick River
      • Bideford River
      • Big Pierre Jacques River
      • Black River
      • Brudenell River
        The Three Rivers
        The Three Rivers is the collective name given to three tidal estuaries in eastern Prince Edward Island, Canada. The water bodies are the Brudenell, Cardigan and Montague rivers, which in 2004 were included on the list of outstanding Canadian Heritage Rivers...

      • Boughton River
      • Bradshaw River
      • Brae River
      • Brooks River
      • Cape Traverse River
      • Cardigan River
        The Three Rivers
        The Three Rivers is the collective name given to three tidal estuaries in eastern Prince Edward Island, Canada. The water bodies are the Brudenell, Cardigan and Montague rivers, which in 2004 were included on the list of outstanding Canadian Heritage Rivers...

      • Cow River
      • Crooked River
      • Cross River
      • Desable River
      • Dirty River
      • Dock River
      • Dunk River
      • Enmore River
      • Flat River
      • Fortune River
      • Fox River
      • Foxley River
      • French River
      • George river
      • Goodwood River
      • Goose River
      • Grand River
      • Greek River
      • Haldiman River
      • Hay River
      • Hills River
      • Hillsborough (East) River
        Hillsborough River (Prince Edward Island)
        The Hillsborough River, also known as the East River, is a Canadian river in northeastern Queens County, Prince Edward Island.-Battle at Port-la-Joye :...

        • Johnstons River
        • Pisquid River
        • Glenfinnan River
      • Hollow River
      • Hope River
      • Hunter River
        Hunter River (Prince Edward Island)
        The Hunter River, also known as the River Clyde, is a Canadian river in northwestern Queens County, Prince Edward Island.From its source near Hartsville, the river flows northerly, becoming a tidal estuary at New Glasgow, an arm of Rustico Bay which gradually widens to approximately 750 metres...

      • Huntley River
      • Indian River
      • Jacques River
      • Kildare River
      • Little Pierre Jacques River
      • Long River
      • MacDonalds River
      • Marie River
      • Mary River
      • McAskill River
      • Midgell River
      • Mill River
      • Miminegash River
      • Mink River
      • Mitchell River
      • Montague River
        The Three Rivers
        The Three Rivers is the collective name given to three tidal estuaries in eastern Prince Edward Island, Canada. The water bodies are the Brudenell, Cardigan and Montague rivers, which in 2004 were included on the list of outstanding Canadian Heritage Rivers...

      • Montrose River
      • Morell River
      • Murray River
      • Naufrage River
      • Newtown River
      • North (Yorke) River
      • Oak River
      • Orwell River
      • Ox River
      • Oyster River
      • Percival River
      • Pinette River
      • Platte River
      • Portage River
      • Seal River
      • Sheep River
      • Shipyard River
      • Smelt River
      • Souris River
      • Southwest River
      • St. Peters River
      • Stanley River
        • Founds River
      • Sturgeon River
      • Tignish River
      • Trout River
      • Tryon River
      • Valleyfield River
      • Vernon River
      • West (Elliot) River
        • Clyde River
      • Westmoreland River
      • Wheatley River
      • Wilmot River
      • Winter River
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