Ramah, Newfoundland and Labrador

Ramah was a small mission run by the Moravian Church in northern Labrador from 1871 until 1908.

The Ramah chert crops out in a narrow geological bed stretching from Saglek Fiord to Nachvak.

Discovered by pioneering Native American groups, which archaeologists identify as the Maritime Archaic Culture, around 7000 years ago, the stone was highly valued for its functional as well as spiritual qualities.

Ramah chert was the preferred raw material for the Maritime Archaic Indians (ca.

Ramah chert was traded as far south as New England and even Chesapeake Bay and west to the Great Lakes which is documented[where?]