Mistusinne

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Mistusinne
Resort village
Resort Village of Mistusinne
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Mistusinne
Coordinates: 51°03′54″N106°31′34″W / 51.065°N 106.526°W / 51.065; -106.526 Coordinates: 51°03′54″N106°31′34″W / 51.065°N 106.526°W / 51.065; -106.526 [1]
CountryCanada
Province Saskatchewan
Census division 7
Rural municipality RM of Maple Bush No. 224
Incorporated [2] August 1, 1980
Government
[3]
 •  Mayor Lloyd Montgomery
 • Governing bodyResort Village Council
 • ClerkLeeanne Hurlburt
Area
 (2016) [4]
 • Land1.49 km2 (0.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2016) [4]
 • Total77
 • Density51.7/km2 (134/sq mi)
Time zone CST
 • Summer (DST) CST
Area code(s) 306 and 639
Highway(s) Highway 19
Railway(s) Canadian Pacific Railway (abandoned)
Waterway(s) Gordon McKenzie Arm of the South Saskatchewan River
Website Official website

Mistusinne (2016 population: 77) is a resort village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 7. It is on the shores of Gordon McKenzie Arm of the South Saskatchewan River in the Rural Municipality of Maple Bush No. 224.

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History

The resort village's name is derived from the Plains Cree word mistasiniy or mistaseni (meaning "big stone"), which refers to a 400-ton glacial erratic that resembled a sleeping bison. It once rested in the Qu'Appelle Valley and served as a sacred gathering place for the Cree and Assiniboine peoples. before Lake Diefenbaker was built. During the South Saskatchewan River dam project, the erratic was in the flood path of the new reservoir that would become Lake Diefenbaker. In 1966, the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration had the rock blasted apart with explosives, despite efforts by groups to save it. Pieces of the rock were used in monuments to Chief Poundmaker and a memorial to the boulder itself in Elbow. Large fragments were located under the waters of the lake in 2014. [5]

Mistusinne incorporated as a resort village on August 1, 1980. [2]

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)
YearPop.±%
19813—    
198616+433.3%
199123+43.8%
1996 18−21.7%
2001 31+72.2%
2006 56+80.6%
2011 66+17.9%
2016 77+16.7%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics [6] [7]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Mistusinne had a population of 118 living in 56 of its 244 total private dwellings, a change of

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Resort Village of Mistusinne recorded a population of 77 living in 38 of its 244 total private dwellings, a

Attractions

Douglas Provincial Park extends from the community to the Qu'Appelle River Dam. It is 8 km (5.0 mi) south of the Village of Elbow on Highway 19. The community serves as a summer retreat that contains many cabins and a golf course, with a view of Lake Diefenbaker. Part of the golf course along the shore had to be rebuilt when Lake Diefenbaker's water rose in 1998 and collapsed the shoreline.

Government

The Resort Village of Mistusinne is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed clerk that meets on the third Saturday of every month. [3] The mayor is Lloyd Montgomery and its clerk is . [3]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Download Geographical Names Data: Files to download by province and territory (Saskatchewan, CSV)". Government of Canada. April 8, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Municipality Details: Resort Village of Mistusinne". Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  5. ↑ Spray, Hannah (August 27, 2014). "Remnants of sacred rock located in Lake Diefenbaker". The StarPhoenix . Postmedia Network . Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Saskatchewan Census Population" (PDF). Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
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