I need to know about Pine Island in Saskatchewan?

Question

I am looking for information on Pine Island in Saskatchewan Canada. I need to know because my uncle is doing something in a committee. They are trying to take it down and flood it, but I want to know some things about it. I want to know
A- Is it a historical site
B- If they plan to destroy it, is there going to be a dam there, and what will it be used for.

Oh, and if you know something about this feel free to give me some information.

Answer 1

Cumberland House is an isolated community in north-eastern Saskatchewan on the Saskatchewan River. It is perhaps best known as being the oldest community in Saskatchewan. It's also a community of about 2000 people who went without transportation to and from the outside world during Spring thaw and Fall freezing of the river.

There was no bridge to Cumberland House until construction on the first began in 1995, so the ferry service was disrupted by ice, and the ice road was disrupted by melting.

On June 24 2005, Cumberland House residents were evacuated to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and housed in a shelter set up by the Red Cross on the SIAST campus there, due to impending flooding from the Saskatchewan River. The influx of water was from record breaking rainfall in Alberta where the North and South Saskatchewan Rivers collected the runoff from that rainfall.

Cumberland House First Nation reservation
The population of Cumberland House consists of mostly First Nations people, including Cree and Metis.

History of the community
It is situated on

>>>>>Pine Island in the Saskatchewan River delta<<<<<<<<,

on the southern edge of the Canadian Shield. It was established in 1774 by Samuel Hearne, in the interest of the Hudsons Bay Company. Cumberland House was and is a Cree "n" dialect community, known in Cree as "Waskahikanihk".

The key factor in the establishment of Cumberland House was its location. It is located on the Saskatchewan River, which was a key route in the fur trade. From Cumberland House, you can travel east to Hudson Bay, via Lake Winnipeg and the Nelson River. You can also travel west as far as the Rocky Mountains. Its location as an island was also important to its establishment. The island was a meeting place even before the trading post was established here, which provided the settlement with some initial status, along with the fact that as an island, it would have been easier for travellers to locate.

The settlement of Cumberland House provided the Hudson's Bay Company with its first inland trading post. Its establishment was considered by many to be overdue, because of the growing competition between the HBC and independent fur traders, and the different policies between the two.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_House,_Saskatchewan

Cumberland House Cree Nation
http://chcn.ca/

SK Government Press Release
http://www.gov.sk.ca/newsrel/releases/1995/05/12-244.html


Google Map - Cumberland House, Pine Island
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=cumberland+house,+saskatchewan,+canada&ie=UTF8&z=12&t=h&om=1

Cumberland House (Waskahiganihk) website
http://www.villageofcumberlandhouse.ca/

Cumberland House history timeline
http://www.villageofcumberlandhouse.ca/timeline/20thcentury.php

CJ's Family Restaurant/Grocer for sale
http://www.pin.ca/sask/05-0703/photo.htm

Answer 2

Pine Island Saskatchewan

Answer 3

I think somebody might have misinformed you.

As you can see from the article pasted below, Pine Island itself is in frequent danger of BEING flooded, with much misery and hardship to the Indian people living there.

Might I suggest that racist environmentalists who have NOT talked to the aboriginal peoples of the area are opposed to flood-control measures.

In essence, good canoeing is placed ahead of the aboriginal peoples' safety and livelihoods.

Edmonton Journal June 16, 2004:
CUMBERLAND HOUSE, Sask. -- Fewer than 200 people are left in the Cumberland House area after residents were evacuated as the Saskatchewan River flooded their only access road.

A state of emergency was declared this week when the river, swollen from heavy June rains that caused flooding in Alberta, started spilling onto the road that leads to the Cumberland House bridge. Those left on the Cumberland House Cree Nation and the adjoining village of Cumberland House, on Pine Island 230 kilometres northeast of Prince Albert, include government emergency officials, RCMP, and community volunteers.

Provincial government spokesperson Malcolm French said bottled water has been shipped to those who stayed behind. Water levels are expected to peak around July 1, and may remain high for several days after that.

Answer 4

Montreal and Quebec as a whole is much cheaper than any other major Canadian cities BUT if you want to live in "small town Ontario" YES may be cheap. The negative about Quebec is the taxes the champion of all taxes in America but many services are cheap like daycare and health insurance. So it's up to you.