Mistusinne

The resort village's name is derived from the Plains Cree word mistasiniy or mistaseni (meaning "big stone"), which refers to a 400-ton glacial erratic that resembled a sleeping bison. It once rested in the Qu'Appelle Valley and served as a sacred gathering place for the Cree and Assiniboine peoples before Lake Diefenbaker was built. During the South Saskatchewan River dam project, the erratic was in the flood path of the new reservoir that would become Lake Diefenbaker. In 1966, the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration had the rock blasted apart with explosives, despite efforts by groups to save it. Pieces of the rock were used in monuments to Chief Poundmaker and a memorial to the boulder itself in Elbow. Large fragments were located under the waters of the lake in 2014.{{cite news

|url = https://thestarphoenix.com/news/saskatoon/Remnants+sacred+rock+located+Lake+Diefenbaker/10152559/story.html

|title = Remnants of sacred rock located in Lake Diefenbaker

|last = Spray

|first = Hannah

|work = The StarPhoenix

|publisher = Postmedia Network

|date = 2014-08-27

|access-date = 2014-08-27}}

Mistusinne incorporated as a resort village on August 1, 1980.{{cite web | url=http://municipal.gov.sk.ca/Municipal-History/Urban-Incorporated-Dates | title=Urban Municipality Incorporations | publisher=Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations | access-date=May 26, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015042810/http://municipal.gov.sk.ca/Municipal-History/Urban-Incorporated-Dates | archive-date=October 15, 2014}}

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{{Historical populations

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(1981–2016)

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| footnote = Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics{{cite web | url=http://www.stats.gov.sk.ca/stats/population/SaskCensusPopulation8106.pdf | title=Saskatchewan Census Population | publisher=Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics | access-date=May 26, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105944/http://www.stats.gov.sk.ca/stats/population/SaskCensusPopulation8106.pdf | archive-date=September 24, 2015 | url-status=dead}}{{cite web | url=https://publications.saskatchewan.ca/api/v1/products/86690/formats/100724/download | title=Saskatchewan Census Population | publisher=Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics | access-date=May 26, 2020}}

|1981|3

|1986|16

|1991|23

|1996|18

|2001|31

|2006|56

|2011|66

|2016|77

}}

}}

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Mistusinne had a population of {{val|118|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|56|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|244|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:118-77}}|77|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|77|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|1.92|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|118|1.92|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000247 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 27, 2022}}

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Resort Village of Mistusinne recorded a population of {{nts|77}} living in {{nts|38}} of its {{nts|244}} total private dwellings, a {{percentage|{{#expr:77-66}}|66|1}} change from its 2011 population of {{nts|66}}. With a land area of {{convert|1.49|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|77|1.49|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=47 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | access-date=May 26, 2020}}

Douglas Provincial Park extends from the community to the Qu'Appelle River Dam. It is about {{convert|8|km}} south of the village of Elbow on Highway 19. The community serves as a summer retreat that contains many cabins and a golf course, with a view of Lake Diefenbaker. Part of the golf course along the shore had to be rebuilt when Lake Diefenbaker's water rose in 1998 and collapsed the shoreline.

The resort village of Mistusinne is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed clerk that meets on the third Saturday of every month.{{cite web | url=http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/muniDetails.aspx?cat=4&mun=2118 | title=Municipality Details: Resort Village of Mistusinne | publisher=Government of Saskatchewan | access-date=May 28, 2020}} The mayor is Lloyd Montgomery and its clerk is .

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• List of place names in Canada of Indigenous origin

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{{Geographic location

| North = Elbow

| Northwest =

| Northeast = Davidson

| West = Lake Diefenbaker

| Center = Mistusinne

| South = Douglas Provincial Park

| Southwest = Qu'Appelle River Dam

| Southeast =

| East =

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Category:Resort villages in Saskatchewan

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Category:Division No. 7, Saskatchewan