Kisis Channel

Kisis Channel
Buffalo Narrows channel
Buffalo Narrows Bridge crossing Kisis Channel
Location of channel in Saskatchewan
Kisis Channel (Canada)
NicknameThe Narrows
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
Physical characteristics
SourcePeter Pond Lake
 • locationBuffalo Narrows
 • coordinates55°49′56″N 108°27′48″W / 55.8321°N 108.4634°W / 55.8321; -108.4634
 • elevation421 km (262 mi)
MouthChurchill Lake
 • location
Buffalo Narrows
 • coordinates
55°51′18″N 108°28′21″W / 55.8549°N 108.4725°W / 55.8549; -108.4725
 • elevation
421 km (262 mi)
Length2.8 km (1.7 mi)
Basin features
River systemChurchill River

Kisis Channel, also known as Buffalo Narrows channel and the Narrows, is a strait in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that connects Peter Pond Lake to Churchill Lake in the Churchill River drainage basin. The channel is in the Boreal Shield Ecozone with a surrounding landscape of boreal forest. The channel was used by Indigenous hunters as a bottleneck when hunting wood buffalo and was an important point on early fur trade and exploration routes. It runs through the community of Buffalo Narrows and is crossed by Highway 155.