Qu'Appelle

American  

[kwuh-pel] / kwəˈpɛl /

noun

1. a river in S Saskatchewan and SW Manitoba, Canada, flowing E to the Assiniboine River. 270 miles (434 km) long.

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Example Sentences

This photo dated around 1900 shows a First Nations elder with children at the Qu’Appelle Indian Industrial School in Lebret, in what is now Saskatchewan.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2021

I should sit on the left side of the scenic car, a prime spot to view the sweeping Qu’Appelle Valley.

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2017

Wild Oats In Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, a Persian cat puzzled its owner by yowling, squirming.

From Time Magazine Archive

With Peter Pond on the Athabaska, and sent by him, 1786, to establish a post near mouth of Slave River; at Fort Chipewyan, 1789; at Fort Qu'Appelle, 1793; with David Thompson on the Assiniboine, 1797.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various

The Blackfeet Indians escaped that epidemic, while, on the other hand, the Assineboines, or Stonies of the Qu'Appelle Plains, were almost entirely destroyed.

From The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America by Butler, William Francis