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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. Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (From many peoples, strength) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Lieutenant Governor Lynda M. Haverstock Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Area 651,036 km² (7th)  - Land 591,670 km²  - Water 59,366 km² (9. ... The Saskatchewan River is a major river in Canada, approximately 550 km (340 mi) long, flowing roughly eastward across Saskatchewan and Manitoba to drain into Lake Winnipeg. ...

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. General Prince Albert is the third largest city (after Saskatoon and Regina) in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. ... The terms Red Cross and Red Crescent are often used as short names for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, or its two leading international organs, the ICRC and the IFRCS. This page is about the symbol itself, see respective articles for information about the organizations and movements. ... Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (SIAST) is a diploma granting College that has four campuses across Saskatchewan. ...

Cumberland House First Nation reservation

The population of Cumberland House consists of mostly First Nations people, including Cree and Metis. First Nations is the current title used by Canada to describe the various societies of the indigenous peoples, called Native Americans in the U.S. They have also been known as Indians, Native Canadians, Aboriginal Americans, Amer-Indians, or Aboriginals, and are officially called Indians in the Indian Act, which... Cree camp near Vermilion, Alberta The Cree form an aboriginal nation of North America. ... Metis can refer to a number of things: Metis was a Titaness and the first wife of Zeus. ...

External Links

Cumberland House Cree Nation

SK Government Press Release