Beginning 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.
Some key moments for Pinehouse
1930 – residents began moving to the current location
1945 – the Roman Catholic Church was constructed
1950 – a small building was constructed to start teaching k-4 classes
1960 – a local store was established where supplies were flown in from La Ronge
1965 – the local school was expanded to serve students up to grade 9
1977 – a road was constructed to access the uranium mines(and connected to Pinehouse)
1983 – the first LAC(Village Office) building and administration created
1984 – the first Land-Use-Harvesting Survey created(Terry Tobias)
1985 – the local store burnt down
1986 – the first radio station(later to be known as CFNK Radio) was established
1987 – new Co-op store constructed
1992 – K-grade 12 offered at Minahik Waskahigan School