Mountain Cabin Recreation Site is a recreation site, and

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, near the north-eastern ridge of the

Pasquia Hills Pasquia Hills are hills in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. They are located in the east central part of the province in the RM of Hudson Bay No. 394 near the Manitoba border. The hills are the northern most in a series of hills called ...

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. The recreation area has free camping, fire pits, a shelter, and bathrooms, and is one of the closest free camping areas to

Wildcat Hill Provincial Park Wildcat Hill Provincial Park is a wilderness park in north-eastern Saskatchewan approximately 40km from Hudson Bay. It is located amongst the Pasquia Hills, south of Highway 55, and west of Highway 9. The 21,752-hectare park was established a ...

. It is located at the junction of Saskatchewan Highways 9 and 55, approximately 88 km north of

Hudson Bay Hudson Bay ( crj, text=ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, translit=Wînipekw; crl, text=ᐐᓂᐹᒄ, translit=Wînipâkw; iu, text=ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᐃᓗᐊ, translit=Kangiqsualuk ilua or iu, text=ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᔪᐊᖅ, translit=Tasiujarjuaq; french: b ...

, 76 km south of

The Pas The Pas ( ; french: Le Pas) is a town in Manitoba, Canada, located at the confluence of the Pasquia River and the Saskatchewan River and surrounded by the unorganized Northern Region of the province. It is approximately northwest of the provinc ...

, and 42 km east of Pakwaw Lake. The Pasquia Hills are sometimes known as the Pasquia Mountains, or The Pas Mountains, which is where the word Mountain comes from in the name. The original cabin belonged to a mining prospector, and was embedded into the side of a hill. Another potential origin of the name comes from the

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cabin in the area. From 1906 to 1930, the

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built over a dozen ranger cabins in the Pasquia National Forest Reserve, including one at the mouth of Mountain Creek, which originates in the

and empties into the Nitenai River. The cabin was officially called Mountain Creek Cabin, but was often shortened to Mountain Cabin, even in official correspondence. The Mountain Creek Cabin was destroyed by a fire in 1961.

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{{Authority control Hudson Bay No. 394, Saskatchewan Former villages in Saskatchewan

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