Masinasin, Alberta

Masinasin is a former community in Alberta, Canada within the County of Warner No. 5. It is located 1 km off Highway 501 on Range Road 133, approximately 31 km east of the Town of Milk River and 18 km 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 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.

Climate
Masinasin experiences a semi-arid, continental climate (Köppen climate classification BSk).

Education
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.