Firebag River

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Firebag River in western Canada

Firebag is a river in northern Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada.

It originates in "Firebag Lake" in northwestern Saskatchewan, flows west into Alberta, and discharges in the Athabasca River 65 km north of Fort Mackay.

The length of the river is approximately 170 km, and the average discharge at the Athabasca River confluence is 20 m³/s. [ [http://www3.gov.ab.ca/env/water/ws/data/hydro/figures/_RFIREMOU.gifAlberta Environment] - Firebag River discharge]

The southern tract of "Marguerite River Wildland" [ [http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/enjoying_alberta/parks/planning/gateway/siteinformation.asp?id=382 Alberta Community Development] - Marguerite River Wildland Park] protects part of the river valley, and a recreation park for Northeast Alberta Region located along the river has been proposed in 1980 [ [http://issues.albertawilderness.ca/ML/history.htm Alberta Wilderness Association] - McClelland Lake Wetland history]

Suncor has an SAGD project in production (the "Firebag in-situ operation"), extracting bitumen from the tar sands located in the river basin [ [http://www.suncor.com/default.aspx?ID=269 Suncor] - Firebag in-situ oil sands facility] .

ee also

*Rivers in Canada

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