Masinasin, Alberta
| Masinasin, Alberta | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
 Masinasin, Alberta
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| Coordinates: 49°9′7.85″N 111°40′34.72″W / 49.1521806°N 111.6763111°WCoordinates: 49°9′7.85″N 111°40′34.72″W / 49.1521806°N 111.6763111°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Alberta
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| Region | Southern Alberta |
| Census division | 2 |
| Municipal district | County of Warner No. 5 |
| Founded | 1890s |
| Government | |
| • Reeve | Bob Jones |
| • Administrator | Scott |
| • Governing body | Warner County Council |
| • MP | Jim Hillyer |
| • MLA | Gary Bikman |
| Time zone | MST (UTC-7) |
| Postal code span | TOK |
| Area code(s) | +1-403 |
| Highways |
Highway 500 Highway 501 |
Masinasin is a former community in Alberta, Canada within the County of Warner No. 5. It is located 1 km (0.62 mi) off Highway 501 on Range Road 133, approximately 31 km (19 mi) east of the Town of Milk River and 18 km (11 mi) north of the Canada–US border and Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park. All that remains of the former community is a small alternative school with baseball diamonds and the overgrown Pioneer Cemetery, approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) to the southeast on Highway 500.
Masinasin is a Cree name meaning 'Writing on Stone', referring to figures and writing cut in the sandstone banks of Milk River.
Masinasin experiences a semi-arid, continental climate (Köppen climate classification BSk).
The Milk River Valley School District No. 2024 was formed on August 24, 1909. The Milk River Valley school was a one room schoolhouse that once stood at township 15 - 2 - 13 - W4. Originally named Milk River Valley, the name was changed to Masinasin in 1941, when several area school districts were centralized and moved to Masinasin.
The Devil's Coulee Dinosaur Heritage Museum features a Hadrosaur (duck-billed dinosaur) nest and embryo, ancient fossils, dinosaur models, located in the Warner.
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