 The name Kamsack came from an early post office of the same name, which was located in one of the early settlers' homes.The name "Kamsack" came from a native word meaning "something vast and large".In the 1900s, the Doukhobor village called Nadezhda (, 'Hope'), some 15 km to the northwest of Kamsack, was the site of the annual general meetings of the Doukhobor community of Saskatchewan.