The larger network of mounds extends from Quetico in the east through Rainy River and Lake of the Woods into south-eastern Manitoba.

[1] Its strategic location at the centre of major North American waterways, created a vibrant continent-wide trading network.

Because the rapids never froze, fish were in abundance during every season, thus supporting larger populations.The south-facing hills overlooking the Rainy River served as an ideal location for growing, harvesting and sharing medicinal plants.

With waterways the most important means of transportation, it served as a superhighway for a vibrant continent-wide trading network for thousands of years.

[7][6] Archaeological artefacts and sites dated at approximately 5,000 BP, provides evidence that the first residents of the area were nomadic hunters, fishers and gatherers known as Archaic people.

It is an educational resource for teaching Ojibway culture, continuing its role as gathering place that began thousands of years ago.

[6] According to the Ontario Museum Association,[4] Inhabited continually for over 5,000 years, this national historic site interprets the pre-history and history of the Ojibway people of the Rainy River.

Opportunities to learn about Ojibway stories and dance, to participate in a rendezvous, an archaeological dig, or an 1800s living village, are also offered.The museum with a futuristic design is surrounded by wilderness with resident bear and deer.

[5] The Ojibway people of the Rainy River First Nation are the present day guardians of Kay-Nah-Chi-Wan-Nung and have built a world-class historical centre on the beautiful 90-hectare site.