The Edson River is a minor river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

 in west-central Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

Canada

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. The river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

, like the nearby town of Edson

Edson, Alberta

Edson is a town in west-central Alberta, Canada. It is located in Yellowhead County, west of Edmonton along the Yellowhead Highway and east of the intersection with Highway 47.- History :left|thumb|200px|Welcome Sign...

, is named for Edson Joseph Chamberlin

Edson Joseph Chamberlin

Edson Joseph Chamberlin was the president of the Grand Trunk Railway from 1912 to 1917.-Biography:He was born in Lancaster, New Hampshire on August 25, 1852. He attended Montpelier Methodist Seminary, and in 1871 started work with the New England Railroad...

 (1852–1924), a Vice-President and General Manager of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway

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. Chamberlain also acted as the President of the Grand Trunk Railway

Grand Trunk Railway

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Course

The Edson flows east south-east from its origin in the hills north of Highway 16. It takes on a number of small creeks, and is bridged by the Emerson Lake Haul Road, a multi-use road originally developed by the oil and gas industry. The Edson is bridged twice by Alberta Highway 748 before flowing in to the Mcleod River

McLeod River

Mcleod River is a significant river in west-central Alberta, Canada. It forms in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, and is a major tributary of the Athabasca River.-Course:...

 near Wolf Creek, Alberta.

Fish

Fish found in the Edson river, near its confluence with the Mcleod River

McLeod River

Mcleod River is a significant river in west-central Alberta, Canada. It forms in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, and is a major tributary of the Athabasca River.-Course:...

, include Rainbow Trout

Rainbow trout

The rainbow trout is a species of salmonid native to tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead is a sea run rainbow trout usually returning to freshwater to spawn after 2 to 3 years at sea. In other words, rainbow trout and steelhead trout are the same species....

, Arctic Grayling

Arctic grayling

Arctic grayling is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family of order Salmoniformes. It comprises five subspecies native to the Nearctic and Palearctic ecozones. T. a. arcticus is widespread throughout the Arctic and Pacific drainages in Canada, Alaska, and Siberia, as well as the upper...

, Mountain whitefish

Mountain whitefish

The mountain whitefish is one of the most widely distributed salmonid fish of western North America. It is found from the Mackenzie River drainage in Northwest Territory, Canada south through western Canada and the northwestern USA in the Pacific, Hudson Bay and upper Missouri River basins to the...

, and Brown Trout

Brown trout

The brown trout and the sea trout are fish of the same species....

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