View from highway The Poundmaker Trail (Alberta Border to Battleford) This prairie highway passes through Saskatchewan range and farm lands. Rich in history with portions of the highway called The Poundmaker Trail. The Poundmaker Trail is named after Chief Poundmaker who, during his lifetime, led his Cree band in search of buffalo over the vast territory which stretched from the Battlefords in Saskatchewan west into Alberta toward Edmonton. Chief Poundmaker is now buried at the National Historic Site on the Poundmaker First Nation located north of Cut Knife, Saskatchewan on Highway 40.