Pembina River (Alberta)

Pembina River in Alberta

The Pembina River is a tributary of the Athabasca River in central Alberta, Canada. "Pembina" /ˈpɛmbɪnə/ is an Indigenous word "Pimbina" (Cree) for the high bush cranberry or summerberry^[1] (Viburnum trilobum). The river gives the name to the Pembina oil field, an oil- and gas-producing region centered on Drayton Valley. The environmentalist group Pembina Institute also took its name from the river.