Swift Current Creek is a storied waterway flowing from the elevated terrain of the Cypress Hills — at over 1,100 metres (3,600 feet) in elevation — northeastward through valleys and coulees across the semi-arid landscape of Palliser's Triangle in southwestern Saskatchewan. The creek originates in the RM of Arlington No. 79 and travels through notable communities including Swift Current, Waldeck, and South Fork before emptying into Lake Diefenbaker on the South Saskatchewan River. Known historically to Métis buffalo hunters as Rivière au Courant ("River of the Current"), the creek has a rich cultural and ecological history, and today it supports a managed trout fishery alongside other warmwater species in its lower reaches and associated water bodies.