The hill that is called Pilot Mound presents itself as an enigma as one approaches it when driving across the prairies. One can't keep their eyes off it, it draws or pulls your attention. Yet it lies abandoned and desolate. One can only surmise that in times past, it's importance was much more than today. The stone vault lies on the South shoulder of the mound about 100 yards north of a grid road in a pasture. Behind the vault, another 60-80 feet are two unmarked graves. The vault itself has been repaired with bricks. The interior is plastered. There is a single window in the north side that looks to the summit of the mound, and a single doorway on the east side.

The mound from which Pilot Mound derived its name is located 3 km northwest of the present town site and clearly visible for up to 25 km in all directions."Little Dance Hill" served as a navigational aid, or "pilot", for early settlers. Believed to have been a holy hill of the ancient Mound Builders, many relics were discovered there during an archaeological dig in 1908. The mound was the site of the last stand of the Sioux in a battle against British forces in 1854. Sir John A Macdonald addressed a political rally from atop the mound near the turn of the century. A commemorative marker is located along PR 253 just west of the town.