Country Canada Postal code S0M 0N0 Website Official website Population 517 (2011) Administrator Don McCallum | Post Office established: 1905-11-01 Highways Hwy 40 Area 199 ha Local time Monday 5:22 PM Number of airports 1 | |
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Time zone Central Standard Time (UTC−6) Weather -13°C, Wind NW at 21 km/h, 81% Humidity | ||
Cut Knife is a town located in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan on Highway 40, northwest of Saskatoon and 55 km (34 miles) west of North Battleford. The population of Cut Knife in 2011 was 517.
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Map of Cut Knife, SK, Canada
Nearby are Poundmaker Cree Nation and Little Pine First Nation to the north in Paynton, Sweetgrass First Nation to the east and Hillsvale Hutterite Colony located to the northwest of town.
History
Cut Knife is named after Cut Knife Hill (now called Chief Poundmaker Hill) situated on the Poundmaker reserve. The hill was named after a Sarcee chief killed nearby by the Cree in the 1840s.
The town is located close to the site of the Battle of Cut Knife which occurred during the Northwest Rebellion of 1885.
Attractions
At Cut Knife is the World's Largest Tomahawk, the Poundmaker Historical Centre and the Big Bear monument. There is also now, correctly located, a cairn erected by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada upon Cut Knife Hill overlooking the Poundmaker Battle site and Battle River valley.
The tomahawk is located in the Tomahawk Park next to the Clayton McLain Memorial Museum. The tomahawk was built in 1971 as a symbol of unity and friendship with the First Nations of the area.<ref name="Cut Knife"/ Designed in 1970 by UMA Engineering of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.