Cochrane River (Canada)

{{short description|River in Saskatchewan, Canada}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2022}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}

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| name = Cochrane River

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| map = Churchill river hudson basin map.png

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| map_caption = Churchill River drainage basin

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of the mouth of the Cochrane River in Canada

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| subdivision_name1 = Canada

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| length = {{cvt|250|km}}

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| discharge1_location= near Brochet

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| discharge1_avg = {{cvt|167|m3/s|cuft/s}}

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| source1 = Wollaston Lake

| source1_location = Saskatchewan

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|58|38|27|N|103|01|01|W|display=inline}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|398|m|abbr=on}}

| mouth = Reindeer Lake

| mouth_location = Manitoba

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|57|53|6|N|101|34|14|W|region:CA-MB_type:river|display=inline,title}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|337|m|abbr=on}}

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| river_system = Churchill River drainage basin

| basin_size = {{convert|28400|km2|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url= http://www.r-arcticnet.sr.unh.edu/v4.0/ViewPoint.pl?Point=3119|title=Cochrane River near Brochet - 3119|publisher=R-ArcticNet|access-date= 2018-07-12}}

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| extra = {{cite cgndb|id= GAFGI|title= Cochrane River|accessdate=2014-08-29}} References full course of the river in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.{{cite web

| title =Atlas of Canada Toporama

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The Cochrane River is a river in Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan.{{cite cgndb|id= HADCO|title= Cochrane River|accessdate=2018-07-10}} References the course of the river in Saskatchewan only. Located in the boreal forest of the Canadian Shield, it flows from Wellbelove Bay on the northern end of Wollaston Lake in north-eastern Saskatchewan to the north-east end of Reindeer Lake in Manitoba. The river has a drainage basin of {{convert|28400|km2}} and is part of the Churchill River drainage basin.

The river flows north then east through a series of lakes (Bannock Lake and Charcoal Lake) in Saskatchewan and then flows in a southerly direction through lakes (Misty Lake and Lac Brochet) in Manitoba{{cite map|url= https://www.gov.mb.ca/mit/map/pdf/map9.pdf |format= PDF|title= Map 9|series= Official highway map of Manitoba|publisher= Manitoba Infrastructure|scale= |year= July 2016|access-date= 2018-07-12}} before entering Brochet Bay on the north-eastern end of the Manitoba section of Reindeer Lake.

The remote Manitoba community of Lac Brochet is located on Lac Brochet, and Brochet and Barren Lands are near the river's mouth.