Last Mountain Creek

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

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| name = Last Mountain Creek

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| image = Aerial - Craven, Saskatchewan 01 - white balanced (10618015544).jpg

| image_caption = Confluence of Last Mountain Creek, Qu'Appelle River, and Wascana Creek

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| map_caption = The Red River drainage basin, with the Qu'Appelle River highlighted

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Saskatchewan

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| length = {{cvt|6|km}}

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| source1 = Last Mountain Lake

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| source1_elevation = {{cvt|490|m}}

| mouth = Qu'Appelle River

| mouth_location = Craven

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| extra = {{Cite web|url=http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HAFKL|title=Place names - Last Mountain Creek|first=Natural Resources Canada|last=Government of Canada|website=www4.rncan.gc.ca}}{{Cite web|url=http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/quappelle_river.html|title=Qu'Appelle River|author=The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan|access-date=2008-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503112830/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/quappelle_river.html|archive-date=2012-05-03|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title= Canada Drainage Basins |year= 1985 |work= The National Atlas of Canada, 5th edition |publisher= Natural Resources Canada |url= http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/archives/5thedition/environment/water/mcr4055 |access-date= 24 November 2010}}

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Last Mountain Creek is a river in south-central Saskatchewan. It is a tributary of the Qu'Appelle River in a region called the Prairie Pothole Region of North America, which extends throughout three Canadian provinces and five U.S. states. It is also within Palliser's Triangle and the Great Plains ecoregion.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/drought-in-pallisers-triangle-feature|title=Drought in Palliser's Triangle | The Canadian Encyclopedia|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}

The river is part of the Upper Qu'Appelle River watershed and starts at the southern end of Last Mountain Lake. It travels in a southerly direction for about {{convert|6|km}} until it meets the Qu'Appelle River in the Qu'Appelle Valley, which was formed during the last ice age. During years in which the Qu'Appelle River is high, Last Mountain Creek naturally reverses direction and flows into Last Mountain Lake.{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7832958/wsa-working-to-raise-low-water-levels-in-last-mountain-lake-ahead-of-summer/|title=WSA working to raise low water levels in Last Mountain Lake ahead of summer | Globalnews.ca|website=Global News}} Craven Dam is located east of Last Mountain Creek's mouth on the Qu'Appelle River on the eastern side of the village of Craven. The gates of the dam are used to regulate water flows along the Qu'Appelle and can be closed to backflood water up Last Mountain Creek and into Last Mountain Lake.{{cite web |last1=Foster |first1=Scott |title=Water diverted to Last Mountain |url=http://www.reginacity.com/webpages/longlakesewer/meeting.htm |website=Reginacity |publisher=Regina Leader Post |access-date=11 December 2021}}