Our History
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Life Before Pinehouse
Families from from East(Lac La Ronge/Stanley Mission) and from the West(Ile-la-Crosse, Patuanak) areas began to congregate in the Souri River area before the 1930’s in order to trade fur for goods and tools with the Hudson Bay Company.
Life was meagre and hard to survive off the land. Small log cabins scattered the lakes around Souri River and Snake Lake, and families survived from the animals and fauna surrounding the area.
Heat consisted of campfires and wood stoves while the only light was the vintage kerosene lamp. Furs were prepared under this light; beadwork carried on late into the night in order to produce moccasins for the hunters or sell to the HBC.
Transportation consisted of dogsled in the winter, sails and canoes in the summers. Survival tools consisted of a few bowls, an axe, a manual saw and a homemade fishing net to name a few. Elders recall stories of a very hard existence in the Souri, Snake Lake and Pinehouse Lake.
Beginnings of Pinehouse
Pinehouse Lake was originally known as Snake Lake until the Roman Catholic Missionaries changed the name primarily because of the negative connotation of the original name!
Circa 1930, the original inhabitants of Pinehouse were located at Souri River, about 30 km north of its present location. Souri River was a fur trading outpost operated by the Hudson’s Bay Company.
Historic Moments
of Pinehouse
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1930
Residents Arrive
1945
Church Construction
1950
School Construction
1960
Local Store Construction
1965
School Expansion
1977
Road Construction
1983
Village Office & Administration
1984
Land-Use-Harvesting Survey
1985
Local Store Fire
1986
Radio Station Created
1987
New Co-Op Store
1992
Another School Expansion
Future of Pinehouse
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