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It is formed in central Saskatchewan, approximately 40 km (25 mi) east of Prince Albert, by the confluence of its two major branches, the North Saskatchewan and the South Saskatchewan, both of which originate from glaciers in the Alberta Rockies. The combined stream flows ENE, past Nipawin into Tobin Lake , formed by the Squaw Rapids Dam . It then flows northeast, off the edge of the prairies of the Great PlainsThe Great Plains or High Plains are the elevated plains which lie east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States of America and Canada, covering the states of New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota and No onto the Canadian ShieldThe Canadian Shield is a large geographic area in eastern and central Canada, composed of bare rock dating to the Precambrian Era (between 4. 5 billion and 540 million years ago). It is also called the Precambrian Shield or Laurentian Shield or Laurentian, passing through a region of marshes, where it is joined from the northwest by the Torch River and the Mossy River . At the northern edge of the marshes it flows east, twisting between a series of small lakes into west central Manitoba to The PasThe Pas is a town in Manitoba, Canada, located at 54 N 101 W, some 630 km north of the provincial capital, Winnipeg. Known as the "Gateway to the North," The Pas is a multi-industry northern Manitoba town serving a district population of over 15 000., where it is joined from the southwest by the Carrot River . Southeast of The Pas, it forms several streams in a deltaA delta is the mouth of a river where it flows into an ocean, sea, or lake, building outwards (as a deltaic deposit from sediment carried by the river and deposited as the water current is dissipated. Deltaic deposits of larger, heavily-laden rivers are c on the northwest side of Cedar LakeCedar Lake is a lake just west of the northern end of Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada. Cedar Lake's water level is controlled by the Grand Rapids dam. The town of Grand Rapids and the First Nations town of Easterville are nearby. Cedar Lake runs approxi, then exiting the lake on its southeast end and flowing approximately 5 km (3 mi) to Lake Winnipeg, entering on the northwest shore north of Long Point .

The river, like the province of Saskatchewan, takes its name from the CreeCree is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 50,000 speakers across Canada, from Alberta to Labrador. We can divide the Cree dialect continuum by several criteria. Dialects spoken from north-eastern Ontario word kisiskāciwani-sipiy (ᑭᓯᐢᑳᒋᐘᓂ ᓯᐱᐩ), meaning "swift flowing river". The river and its tributaries provided an important route of transportation for First Nations and early European trappers.