The Cadotte River is a river in northern Alberta

Northern Alberta

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, Canada

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. It is a tributary of the Peace River

Peace River (Canada)

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The river gives the name to the Cadotte Member, a stratigraphical unit oif the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin

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Course

The Cadotte River forms in Northern Alberta

Northern Alberta

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, north of High Prairie, at an elevation of 700 metres (2,296.6 ft). It flows north forming a series of small lakes along its course, then empties into the Cadotte Lake, which also receives the waters of Marten River from the east. Cadotte River flows out from the northern shore of Cadotte Lake, immediately west from the settlement of Cadotte Lake

Cadotte Lake, Alberta

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 and Cadotte Airport

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, at an elevation of 580 metres (1,902.9 ft). The river flows westwards and is crossed by Highway 989/688 before it receives the waters of Otter River from the Buffalo Head Hills. It continues west, then turns north and flows parallel to the Peace River, also receiving the Little Cadotte River from the west. It empties into the Peace River

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 as a right tributary in the Cadotte/Peace River Remote Provincial Forest Recreation Area, 50 kilometres (31.1 mi) north from the town of Peace River

Peace River, Alberta

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. It ends at an elevation of 305 metres (1,000.7 ft), some 56 kilometres (34.8 mi) north-west from its origin.

Tributaries

• Cadotte Lake
  • Marten River
• Otter River
  • Golden Lake
  • Otter Lakes
• Simon Lakes
• Little Cadotte River
  • Jackpine Creek