The Cline River is a short river in western Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada

Canada

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. It flows from Pinto Lake in northern Banff National Park

Banff National Park

Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885 in the Rocky Mountains. The park, located 110–180 kilometres west of Calgary in the province of Alberta, encompasses of mountainous terrain, with numerous glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine...

, and joins the North Saskatchewan River

North Saskatchewan River

The North Saskatchewan River is a glacier-fed river that flows east from the Canadian Rockies to central Saskatchewan. It is one of two major rivers that join to make up the Saskatchewan River....

 at Lake Abraham in west-central Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

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Pinto Lake is located north of Sunset Pass. The lake is fed from the glacial meltwater of Minister Mountain, Mount Coleman, and Cirrus Mountain. The river then flows directly west, emptying into Lake Abraham.

The river, as well as Mount Cline

Mount Cline

Mount Cline is a mountain in western Alberta, Canada, north of Saskatchewan Crossing, southwest of Nordegg.The mountain is located in the North Saskatchewan River Valley, west of Resolute Mountain. It was named in 1898 by J. Norman Collie, after Michel Klyne , French Canadian postmaster of...

 and Cline Pass, are named for Michel Klyne

Michel Klyne

Michel Klyne was an employee of the North West Company and later the Hudson's Bay Company, serving as postmaster at Jasper House in the Rocky Mountains.-Early life:...

, also referred to as Michael Cline. Klyne was employed as a fur trader by the Hudson's Bay Company

Hudson's Bay Company

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 and the North West Company

North West Company

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Tributaries

• Pinto Lake
• Huntington Creek
• Cataract Creek
• McDonald Creek
• Waterfalls Creek
  • Michele Lakes
• Entry Creek
  • Lake of the Falls, Landslide Lake, Shoe Leather Creek
• Sentinal Creek
• Coral Creek
• O.D. Creek