We can create a new history’: Indigenous burial mounds on northern Ontario golf course fenced off – CBC

Jul 22, 2024

Burial ground dates back centuries and some of ancient site likely ‘destroyed’ when golf course was built

Most golfers teeing off on the 15th hole of the Huron Pines country club have no idea there are people buried just a few steps away.

This spring, fencing appeared around a wooded area of the course in the northern Ontario town of Blind River.

That’s after Mississauga First Nation told town council that there are about a dozen burial mounds underneath those trees, dating back many centuries.

“As soon as we found out we said ‘We got to do something about this. Right away,'” said Blind River Mayor Sally Hagman.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/burial-mounds-golf-course-northern-ontario-1.7267612