Blindman River (Alta.)

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Name (Latin)
Blindman River (Alta.)
Other forms of name
Blindman River, North Branch (Alta.)
Chambathnadab (Alta.)
Istapta (Alta.)
North Branch, Blindman River (Alta.)
Paskapoo (Alta.)
Coordinates
-114.5775 -114.5775 52.88694444 52.88694444 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Rivers Alberta
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q4926702
Library of congress: sh2004006993
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Schutz, F. West of the Blindman : observations of a half century, 2003:
  • GEOnet, Aug. 19, 2004
Wikipedia description:

The Blindman River is in south-central Alberta. It forms south of Winfield and flows southeastward before joining the Red Deer River near Red Deer. The Blindman is bridged by Alberta Highway 20 a number of times in its upper reaches, before passing near the town of Rimbey. The river then takes on the outflow of Gull Lake. It is bridged by Alberta Highway 2 at Red Deer before flowing into the Red Deer River. There are two competing theories regarding the name of the river. One theory suggests a Cree hunting party became snowblind while travelling and had to rest on the river banks until their eyes healed. The hunting party applied the name paskapiw to the river, which translates as 'He is blind'. The second theory argues that Blindman is a descriptive term, applied to the river because of its numerous meanders and curves. The Paskapoo Formation, first described in its banks, takes its name from the Cree name for the Blindman.

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