Touchwood Hills are a range of hills located in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
In 2005, Ducks Unlimited Canada announced a ten-year study of how nesting success of prairie waterfowl varies in relation to the landscape types of the prairie pothole region, to be conducted in the Touchwood Hills area.[1]
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The Touchwood Hills Regional Economic Development Authority (REDA) was created in 1995, and was the tenth REDA created in the province. In included the Rural Municipalities of Tullymet, Lipton, Cupar, Garry, Ituna Bon Accord, Kellross, Touchwood, Emerald and Kutawa; the towns of Cupar, Ituna and Southey; and, the villages of Dysart, Hubbard, Kelliher and Leross; the Crossroads Rural Development Corporation and the Carlton Trail Regional College.[2]
Touchwood Hills Post ()[3], built in 1879, was the last of several Hudson's Bay Company fur trading posts established in the area. It was built on the Carlton Trail, and had telegraph service. All that remains of the original fort are the cellar depression, and a segment of the Carlton Trail. The site is commemorated by a plaque, and concrete markers outline the locations of the original buildings.[4]
In 1986, the Touchwood Hills Post historic park was designated a Provincial Park.[5]
The Touchwood Hills People, or Pusakawatciwiyiniwak were part of a larger group known as the Downstream People, or Mamihkiyiniwak, who occupied the southeastern plains and utilized the Assiniboine River, Red River and Lake Winnipeg waterways. The Touchwood Hills People consisted of four bands under the leadership of chief Kawacatoose (Poorman or Lean Man): Kawacatoose, Kaneonuskatew (One that walks on four claws or George Gordon), Muscowequan (Hard Quill), and Kisecawchuck (Daystar). Kawacatoose and the other chiefs signed Treaty 4, which created the Kawacatoose First Nation, Gordon First Nation, Muskowekwan First Nation, Day Star First Nation. Along with the Fishing Lake First Nation, these bands are collectively a part of the Touchwood Agency Tribal Chiefs (TATC).[6][7]