Case file · Sacred site

Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung (Manitou Mounds)

On the Rainy River west of Fort Frances, Ontario, burial mounds raised over 2,000 years make up the largest group of ancient mounds in Canada; the site was declared a National Historic Site in 1969.

1969 CE · 48.68, -94.17 · status: official

The account

Its Ojibwe name means 'the place of the long rapids'. The Rainy River First Nations run it as a heritage centre.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Manitou Mounds
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