C. Blind Souris Medicine Wheel Site
• located on NW 8-1-26 Wl, on the east side of the Blind Souris
channel in a pasture field.
• consists of a medicine wheel circle which looks like a large
tipi ring with a small rock feature plus a bison rubbing stone and a
couple of tipi rings to the north
• one of the very few reported medicine wheels in Manitoba
Site Development
• requires walking access, owner's permission, signage,
and mowing of
vegetation around the features
• requires consultation with Canupawakpa Dakota Nation regarding
sacredness, desir-ability of promoting the site, and what messages to
interpret
D. Linear Mounds National Historic Site of Canada
(LMNHSC)
• located on NW of 10-2-27 Wl,
on
the prairie edge overlooking
the Souris River
• consists of 2 long linear mounds, of which one and part of the
second are on Parks Canada property, and one low round mound (Capes
1963, Syms 1978, 1979a)
• ready access along nearby municipal road with local signage installed
• has interpretive signage, developed by local people in
consultation with E. Leigh Syms for correct information, located
outside of the fenced
area of Parks Canada land
• has been identified on a number of local tourism brochures and
provincial Highways maps over the years
• Parks Canada is currently developing a master plan that includes
working with CDN and other local groups |
Aerial view of the Linear Mounds National
Historic Site of Canada in
1970 showing clearly one long linear mound in the uncultivated field
that was kept carefully mowed by the Brown family who owned the site.
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