Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung (Rainy River Mounds)

Morley Township, United States of America

The Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre, also known as Manitou Mounds, in Ontario, Canada, is a network of 30 village sites and 15 ancient burial mounds constructed from approximately 5000 BP during the Archaic Period, to 360 BP. Formerly called the Manitou Mounds National Historic Site, it is on

e of the "most significant centres of early habitation and ceremonial burial in Canada." It is located on a river stretch known as Long Sault Rapids on the north side of Rainy River, approximately 54 kilometres (34 miles) east of Fort Frances, in the Rainy River District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada off highway 11. It was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada in 1969.

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