| Mistusinne | |
| Official Name: | Resort Village of Mistusinne |
| Settlement Type: | Resort village |
| Mapsize: | 200 |
| Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name3: | 7 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Rural municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | RM of Maple Bush No. 224 |
| Subdivision Type5: | Federal riding |
| Subdivision Type6: | Provincial riding |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Lloyd Montgomery |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | Resort Village Council |
| Leader Title2: | Administrator |
| Leader Title3: | Clerk |
| Leader Name3: | Leeanne Hurlburt |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Established Date2: | August 1, 1980 |
| Area Footnotes: | (2016) |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.49 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 77 |
| Population Density Km2: | 51.7 |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Timezone Dst: | CST |
| Coordinates: | 51.065°N -106.526°W[1] |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Area Code: | 306 and 639 |
| Blank Name: | Highway(s) |
| Blank Info: | Highway 19 |
| Blank1 Name: | Railway(s) |
| Blank1 Info: | Canadian Pacific Railway (abandoned) |
| Blank2 Name: | Waterway(s) |
| Blank2 Info: | Gordon McKenzie Arm of Lake Diefenbaker |
Mistusinne (2016 population:) is a resort village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 7. It is on the shores of Gordon McKenzie Arm of Lake Diefenbaker in the Rural Municipality of Maple Bush No. 224.
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.[2]
Mistusinne incorporated as a resort village on August 1, 1980.[3]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Mistusinne had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.92km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[4]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Resort Village of Mistusinne recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1.49km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[5]
Douglas Provincial Park extends from the community to the Qu'Appelle River Dam. It is about 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.[6] The mayor is Lloyd Montgomery and its clerk is .[6]