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Developed in partnership with Ojibiikaan Indigenous Cultural Network and Miinikaan Innovation and Design these gardens are an important place for healing and education for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous community members.

Three Sisters Garden Visit the Three Sisters Garden and Mashkiki Gitigan (Medicine Garden) located behind the Longhouse Village to learn about Indigenous agriculture and foodways.

The state-of-the-art Deer Clan Longhouse features seasonal exhibits that explore contemporary Indigenous art and culture. Wander around the village and learn about what daily life was like over 600 years ago through interpretive programs, including simulated digs and fire starting demonstrations. Three of the longhouses have been reconstructed based on the archaeological findings. From 1973 to 1987, excavations uncovered 11 longhouses on the site and over 10 000 artefacts from day-to-day lives of the people who once lived in the village. Longhouse Village Visit the reconstructed 15th-century village, and explore local history. Click here to learn more about these studies and how our rare meromictic lake may help scientists define a new proposed epoch: the Anthropocene. Click below to reserve now.Ĭrawford Lake is also an important site for global scientific research. If you book online, you can reserve your spot and save money on gate fees. Reservations are not required but are recommended. The Longhouse Village, which features three reconstructed fifteenth-century longhouses, and a Three Sisters Garden, are a perfect way to learn more about the Indigenous peoples who lived around Crawford Lake long before it was known by that name.

The boardwalk is stroller-friendly and the carvings are kid-approved, so families with children can turn this park into their own nature-based classroom. There is so much to explore at Crawford Lake, with trails for hiking, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing as well as a trail filled with larger-than-life wood carvings of species at risk and a boardwalk that winds around the lake.

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