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"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.  For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?"  Marcus Tullius Cirero (106 BC to 43 BC)

 
At present, this collection is mainly for Ontario, Canada.  We would welcome your contributions to this list.  We plan to eventually list places and events throughout Canada and the United States.

If you have a place or an event that you would like listed here, please   contact us   with the event, location, and a brief description.

Petroglyphs Provincial Park

 If you would like to get more information on any of the Provincial or Federal parks that are listed here please go to the Ontario Parks official website.
Mara Ontario Provincial Park
Location: Algonquin/central region of Ontario
Description: Hundreds of years ago, Aboriginal peoples built weirs to harvest fish in the narrows between lakes Couchiching and Simcoe. 
Open: Year Round 
  Phone: (807) 326-4451 Map
Petroglyphs Ontario Provincial Park
Location: Algonquin/central region of Ontario
Description: The park has the largest known concentration of Aboriginal rock carvings in Canada.  Carved hundreds of years ago into the white marble rock are 900 petroglyphs.
Open: May to October
  Phone: (807) 877-2552 Map
Bon Echo Ontario Provincial Park
Location: Southeastern region of Ontario
Description: Located north of Napanee, the park is famous for Mazinaw Rock.  The sheer rock face rises 100 meters above Mazinaw Lake and features over 260 Aboriginal pictographs.
Open: Year Round
  Phone: (613) 336-2228 Map
Bonnechere Ontario Provincial Park
Location: Southeastern region of Ontario
Description: The meandering Bonnechere River once carried furs out of the Ottawa Valley region.
Open: Year Round
  Phone: (613) 757-2103 Map
Charleston Lake Ontario Provincial Park
Location: Southeastern region of Ontario
Description: Aboriginal people once took shelter under rock overhangs on the shores of this lake north of the St. Lawrence River.
Open: Year Round 
  Phone: (613) 659-2065 Map
Lake on the Mountain Ontario Provincial Park
Location: Southeastern region of Ontario
Description: The lake has a constant flow of clean, fresh water, with no apparent source.  The Mohawks offered gifts to its spirits.
Open: Year Round 
  Phone: (613) 393-3319 Map

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1314 Hybla Road RR 5
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