river in SC Canada flowing from E Saskatchewan through S Manitoba into the Red River at Winnipeg: c. 600 mi (966 km)
Origin:
< Fr < Ojibwa asinii-bwaan, lit., stone Sioux
See Assiniboine in American Heritage Dictionary 4
A river of south-central Canada rising in southern Saskatchewan and flowing about 949 km (590 mi) generally eastward to the Red River at Winnipeg, Manitoba. Its valley is one of Canada's leading wheat-growing areas.
, Mount
A mountain, 3,620.4 m (11,870 ft) high, in the Canadian Rocky Mountains on the Alberta-British Columbia border near Banff.