Cumberland House is situated in north east  Saskatchewan, 157km north of  Carrot River .  By the winter road  The Pas  is 100 km away .  Cumberland House is 360km by air from Saskatoon.

The northern village is situated on a 3 mile x 12 mile island in the Saskatchewan River delta . The population of the village is about 920 and the island population is about 2000.

The Saskatchewan River Delta is one of the largest inland deltas in the world .  The Delta is a 500 000 acre Ducks Unlimited marsh.  On the Delta you can find lots of wild life--waterfowl, deer, moose, bears, beaver, muskrats and other small fur-bearing animals.  The Cumberland Marshes are the nesting place of many thousands of North America’s ducks and other waterfowl.
 

                                                                          --written by Lori Budd