Blackmud Creek

This article is about the body of water. For the neighbourhood in Edmonton, see Blackmud Creek, Edmonton.

Blackmud Creek is a creek in Edmonton that flows into Whitemud Creek.^[1] The creek starts at Saunders Lake East of Nisku and runs northwest into the City, joining Whitemud Creek in the neighbourhood of Twin Brooks.

Blackmud Creek's name is an accurate preservation of its native Cree-language name kas-ki-te-oo asiski.^[2]

Communities

Edmonton neighbourhoods overlooking Blackmud Creek form north to south include:

• Blue Quill Estates
• Skyrattler
• Keheewin
• Bearspaw
• Twin Brooks
• Blackburne
• Richford
• Blackmud Creek
• Callaghan
• Allard

References

1. "Blackmud Creek". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
2. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 21.

See also

• Whitemud Creek
• Mill Creek Ravine
• List of rivers of Alberta

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