Mistusinne

Mistusinne, Saskatchewan
Mistusinne, Saskatchewan
Resort Village
	Location of Mistusinne in Saskatchewan
	Coordinates: 51°02′26″N 106°18′49″W / 51.040687°N 106.313480°W
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	Central
Census division	7
Rural Municipality	Maple Bush
Post office Founded	N/A
Village Incorporated	N/A
Government
• Mayor	Lloyd Montgomery
• Administrator	Yvonne Jess
• Governing body	Mistusinne Village Council
Area
• Total	1.49 km2 (0.58 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	56
• Density	37.6/km2 (97/sq mi)
Time zone	CST
Area code	306
Highways	Highway 19
Railways	Canadian Pacific Railway (defunct);
Website	Resort Village of Mistusinne

Mistusinne is a resort village in Maple Bush Rural Municipality No. 224, Saskatchewan, Canada. The population was 56 at the 2006 Census. The village's name is derived from the Plains Cree word mistasiniy (meaning "big stone") which refers to a massive stone that resembled a sleeping bison that once rested in the Qu'Appelle Valley before Lake Diefenbaker was built. Douglas Provincial Park extends from the community to the Qu'Appelle River Dam and is 8 km 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 waters of Lake Diefenbaker rose in 1998 and collapsed the shoreline.

The town's namesake, the boulder Mistusinne (also spelled Mistaseni), was a 400-ton glacial erratic and a sacred gathering place for the Cree and Assiniboine peoples. During the South Saskatchewan River Dam Project, it was in the flood path to the new reservoir of 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.^[1]

Demographics

Canada census – Mistusinne community profile

	2011
Population	66 (17.9% from 2006)
Land area	1.49 km² (0.58 sq mi)
Population density	44.3/km² (115/sq mi)
Median age	64.3 (M: 65.3, F: 63.7)
Private dwellings	245 (total)
Median household income	$NA