Back Roads Bill takes us to the oldest graves in Ontario

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This week we wander among the silent markers of people long gone in Northern Ontario with Back Roads Bill This headstone at the Mackenzie-Bethune cemetery near Wawa has one of the oldest headstones in northern Ontario. 1 / 1 This headstone at the Mackenzie-Bethune cemetery near Wawa has one of the oldest headstones in northern Ontario. “Ontario” comes from the Ongweh'onweh, (Iroquois confederacy) meaning "original people" - the word “kanadario”, translating to “sparkling” water. Traditional, territorial lands, often based on watersheds have been inhabited for thousands of Indigenous communities and have spiritual customs and beliefs for entering the afterlife. In...