Canada

Serpent Mounds Park

Middle Woodland burial mounds, Ontario

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Historical Context

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Serpent Mounds Park is a historical place located near Keene, Ontario, Canada. Serpent Mounds operated as a provincial park, established in 1955 through a lease with the Hiawatha First Nation, of the Michi Saagiig (Mississauga Anishinaabeg). In 1982, while operating as a provincial park the mounds were designated a National Historic Site, including East Sugar Island. From 1995 to 2009, Hiawatha First Nation operated the park privately, offering camping facilities, beach access on Rice Lake, a cultural center, and interpretive walks among the historic serpent and nearby mounds. The park was closed to the public in 2009, due to the decline in the tourism and deteriorating infrastructure.

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
Post-Classical Period
Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
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Evidence of manoomin harvest

58 BCE

Long burial sequence

c. 300 CE

Provincial park established

1955

Designation as National Historic Site

1982

Park closed to public

2009

Hiawatha First Nation operations

19952009

Initial construction and occupation

about 2000 years ago

Classification

Archaeological Features

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Burial and Funerary Structures

Burial MoundsGraves
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Environmental and Natural Features

Artificial MoundsLandscaped EarthworksArtificial Islands
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Country

Canada

Coordinates

44.21° N, -78.15° E