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The community is on Cumberland Island and consists of the Northern Village of Cumberland House with a population of 772 and the adjoining Cumberland House Cree Nation with a population of 715. The community is served by the Cumberland House Airport and by Highway 123.
Jun 2, 2024 · Cumberland House, unincorporated settlement and historic site on the south shore of Cumberland Lake (formerly Pine Island Lake, part of the Saskatchewan River system), eastern Saskatchewan, Canada. It lies near the Manitoba boundary, 85 miles (137 km) northeast of Nipawin.
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Feb 3, 2008 · Cumberland House, Sask, Northern Village, pop 810 (2006c), 632 (2001c). Cumberland House is the oldest continuously occupied site in Saskatchewan and the first western inland post built by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC).
The northern village of Cumberland House is located 163 km northeast of Nipawin at the end of Hwy 123. During the fur trade era, the community served as a key supply depot and transportation hub as waterways led north and northwest to the fur-rich Churchill and Athabasca regions, east to Hudson Bay and wouthwest onto the plains.
Cumberland House was the Hudson’s Bay Company first inland fur-trading post, around which Saskatchewan’s oldest permanent settlement was founded in 1774 by Samuel Hearne, explorer and fur-trader. This community’s only visible remnant today is a thick, stone-walled 1890s powder house, once used for storing gunpowder.
- Road 123, Cumberland House, Saskatchewan
Cumberland House was a mansion on the south side of Pall Mall in London, England. It was built in the 1760s by Matthew Brettingham for Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany and was originally called York House.
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Get a taste of Saskatchewan's rich history at Cumberland House Provincial Historic Park. This small town, located along the Saskatchewan River near the Manitoba border, is recognized as the oldest permanent settlement in the province and is home to the first inland Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) fur trade post.
