Cut Knife, Saskatchewan

Cut Knife
Town
Battle of Cut Knife Creek Battle of Cut Knife Creek
Cut Knife Location of Cut Knife in Saskatchewan
Coordinates:
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Post Office established:	1905-11-01
Government
• Mayor	Gwenn Kaye
• Administrator	Don McCallum
Area
• Total	1.99 km2 (0.77 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	517
• Density	259.3/km2 (672/sq mi)
Time zone	Central Standard Time (UTC−6)
Postal code	S0M 0N0
Highways	Hwy 40
Website	Official website

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.

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.