Cumberland House
Wāskahikanihk | |
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.jpg) Map of the Red River Colony showing Cumberland House | |
  Location of Cumberland House in Saskatchewan | |
| Coordinates: 53°56′29″N 102°18′45″W / 53.94139°N 102.31250°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| District | Northern Saskatchewan Administration District |
| Census division | 18 |
| Time zone | CST |
| Area code | 306 |
| Website | Official website |
Cumberland House (Swampy Cree: Wāskahikanihk) is a community in Census Division No. 18 in northeast Saskatchewan, Canada on the Saskatchewan River.[1] It is the oldest community in Saskatchewan and has a population of about 2,000 people. Cumberland House Provincial Park, which provides tours of an 1890s powder house built by the Hudson's Bay Company, is located nearby.
The community is on Cumberland Island and consists of the Northern Village of Cumberland House with a population of 772[2] and the adjoining Cumberland House Cree Nation with a population of 715.[2] The community is served by the Cumberland House Airport and by Highway 123.
- ^ "Cumberland House". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ a b "Canada Census 2011 (community profiles)". Retrieved 18 April 2013.