Red Deer River

American  

noun

1. a river in SW Alberta and W Saskatchewan, Canada, flowing generally E from the Rocky Mountains to the South Saskatchewan River. 385 miles (619 km) long.

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Example Sentences

The Parks Canada agency received an alert from a GPS device in the park’s Red Deer River valley Friday evening that indicated a bear attack was happening, agency spokeswoman Natalie Fay said in a statement.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2023

Friday from a GPS device indicating a bear attack in the Red Deer River Valley, west of Ya Ha Tinda Ranch, according to a statement shared on Banff National Park’s Facebook page.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2023

In 1781 a company of Blackfoot stumbled across a Shoshone camp at dawn near the Red Deer River in Alberta.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

After a halt of two days at Edmonton, we continued our route one hundred miles farther to Fort Assinaboyn on the Red Deer River, one of the branches of the Athapescow.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

Quite different are conditions on the Red Deer River.

From Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections by Osborn, Henry Fairfield