The Kazan River, is a Canadian Heritage River located in Nunavut, Canada. The Dene name for the river was Kasba-tue meaning "white partridge river." The name was apparently changed to Kazan in the late 19th century due to the influence of Order of Mary Immaculate missionaries. The river headwaters are in northern Saskatchewan at Kasba Lake, and it flows north for about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) before emptying into Baker Lake, on the opposite side of the mouth of the Thelon River. Along its course the river flows through several lakes, including Ennadai Lake and Yathkyed Lake, over the Kazan Falls, down a red sandstone gorge and through both boreal forest and tundra. It is the last section of the river, below Ennadai Lake, that is above the timber line and is designated a Canadian Heritage River.
Kazan Falls, on the lower Kazan River
Air view of the lower Kazan River
The river's first rapid of note after Angikuni Lake, summer 2017
The river's second rapid of note after Angikuni Lake, summer 2017
The Thelon River stretches 900 kilometres (560 mi) across northern Canada. Its source is Whitefish Lake in the Northwest Territories, and it flows east to Baker Lake in Nunavut. The Thelon ultimately drains into Hudson Bay at Chesterfield Inlet.
An oasis-like section of the Thelon, below Warden's Grove
The lower section of the Thelon River from the "Half-Way Hills" (midway between Schultz Lake and Baker Lake)
Barren-ground caribou above the Hanbury River junction near the Thelon River in 1978
