The Redknife River is a river in the Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...

 of Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It is a major tributary of the Mackenzie River

Mackenzie River

The Mackenzie River is the largest river system in Canada. It flows through a vast, isolated region of forest and tundra entirely within the country's Northwest Territories, although its many tributaries reach into four other Canadian provinces and territories...

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The Redknife Formation

Redknife Formation

The Redknife Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Devonian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.It takes the name from Redknife River, a tributary of the Mackenzie River, and was first described in the banks of the Trout River, north of Trout Lake, Northwest Territories, at Table Rock...

, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

The Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin is a vast sedimentary basin underlying of Western Canada including southwestern Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan, Alberta, northeastern British Columbia and the southwest corner of the Northwest Territories. It consists of a massive wedge of sedimentary rock...

 was named for the river.

Course

The Redknife river originates in the Redknife Hills, at an elevation of 765 metres (2,509.8 ft). It flows east down the slopes of the hill, then turns north, draws water from a lake system, then turns north-east. It is crosses by the Mackenzie Highway

Mackenzie Highway

The Mackenzie Highway is a Canadian highway in northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories. It begins as Alberta Highway 2 at Mile Zero in Grimshaw, Alberta...

, then turns north and flows into the Mackenzie River

Mackenzie River

The Mackenzie River is the largest river system in Canada. It flows through a vast, isolated region of forest and tundra entirely within the country's Northwest Territories, although its many tributaries reach into four other Canadian provinces and territories...

, at an elevation of 145 metres (475.7 ft), 100 kilometres (62.1 mi) downstream from Fort Providence

Fort Providence, Northwest Territories

Fort Providence is a hamlet in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada...

 and 75 kilometres (46.6 mi) upstream from Jean Marie River

Jean Marie River, Northwest Territories

Jean Marie River is a "Designated Authority" in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The community is located on the Jean Marie River where it joins the Mackenzie River...

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