Case file · Sacred site
Kinomagewapkong, the teaching rocks
In 1954 mining geologists came upon about 900 carvings on a crystalline marble outcrop north of Peterborough, the largest group of petroglyphs in Canada.
1954 CE · 44.61, -78.04 · status: official
The account
Anishinaabe people call the site Kinomagewapkong, 'the rocks that teach'. Turtles, snakes, shamans and a sky vessel are carved there; an underground stream heard through fissures is said to be the voice of the spirits. A building now protects the rock.