Location: Athabasca-Saskatchewan Divide. This region is really a fragment of the Columbia region. Area: 2872095 sq km

Includes: Most of Saskatchewan, the northwestern tip of Manitoba and the majority of the Northwest Territories (east of the Mackenzie River). Includes much of the drainage into Hudson's Bay. Includes the Boothia Penninsula.

Terrain: The terrain in this huge area varies. Starting from the south Saskatchewan river is a huge prairie grassland area, which is almost all under cultivation. North of the prairie region is a vast land of boreal forest, with thousands of lakes and rivers. This area contains the traditional canoe routes across Canada. And finally as one gets further north, the forest ends and the great barrens begins, running up to the arctic ocean. Click Here for Mountains

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41 The Snow Chasers: A Late-Spring Ski Trek in Tuktut Nogait National Park Sandy Briggs

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10Snowshoe Hare (Varying Hare) David Wasserman

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6Plains Bison in Elk Island Park David Wasserman

6Sunset over Lake Astotin, Elk Island National Park David Wasserman

6Snow-covered Rocky Defile Rapids on the Coppermine River David Wasserman

5The Canadian Birkebeiner 2002 David Wasserman

4Fording a Hornaday Tributary Sandy Briggs

4Autumn in Elk Island Park David Wasserman

4Panorama of Dry Island Buffalo Jump, Alberta David Wasserman

3La Ronciere Falls in full flood, Hornaday River Sandy Briggs

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