Pinehouse
Pinehouse
ᒥᓇᐦᐃᑯ ᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ minahiko-wâskahikanihk | |
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Location of Pinehouse on a NASA image of Pinehouse Lake | |
Location of Pinehouse in Saskatchewan | |
| Coordinates: 55°30′49″N 106°35′55″W / 55.51361°N 106.59861°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| District | Northern Saskatchewan Administration District |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mike Natomagan |
| • MLA Athabasca | Vacant |
| • MP Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River | Gary Vidal |
| Area | |
| • Land | 6.84 km2 (2.64 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 1,074 |
| • Density | 142.9/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 |
| Postal code | S0J 2B0 |
| Highways | Highway 914 |
| Post office established | 1949 |
Pinehouse (Woods Cree: ᒥᓇᐦᐃᑯ ᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ, romanized: minahiko-wâskahikanihk, lit. 'at pine house') is a northern village located in the boreal forest of Saskatchewan on the western shore of Pinehouse Lake within the Canadian Shield.
Travelling by road from Pinehouse, the Key Lake mine is 223 kilometres (139 mi) north, Prince Albert is 346 kilometres (215 mi) south, La Ronge is 214 kilometres (133 mi) east and Beauval, the closest community, is 107 kilometres (66 mi) west. Highway 914 passes through the community and Pinehouse is the only established community along this road.
There were 1,074 residents in 2016. Cree was the mother tongue of 630 of the residents in 2011. The mayor of this predominantly Cree community is Mike Natomagan.