Notukeu

Notukeu Creek flows through the mixed-grass prairie of southern Saskatchewan toward the Wood River and Old Wives Lake. Its name preserves the Cree word nôtikwêw, meaning “old woman.” The shallow lake at the end of the drainage basin is associated with a Cree story of elderly women who stayed behind to help their people escape an attack. The creek crosses a country of coulees and open grassland before its waters reach the saline lake.