Heritage & Culture.
Two National Historic Site components sit inside Ramara Township boundaries: the Mnjikaning Fish Weirs National Historic Site at the Atherley Narrows — wooden fish weirs in use from approximately 3300 BC — and the Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site at Lock 41 Gamebridge, gateway to the Talbot River section. One Indigenous, one engineering; both anchor the township's heritage offer.
The brief.
The Mnjikaning Fish Weirs site is interpreted through Parks Canada's NHS designation but managed on the ground by the Chippewas of Rama First Nation through the Mnjikaning Fish Fence Circle. Lock 41 Gamebridge operates on Parks Canada's published Trent-Severn navigation-season schedule — typically mid-May through mid-October — with locking-through staffed during that window; visitors not boating can still walk the lock grounds during the season.
The Balsam–Simcoe Division of the Trent-Severn Waterway is recognized for its largely unchanged early-twentieth-century structures and operating mechanisms. Both sites are on or just off Highway 12 and are walkable from parking.
2. places.
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Mnjikaning Fish Weirs National Historic Site
Atherley Narrows; wooden fish weirs in use from ~3300 BC; designated NHS 12 June 1982; managed by Chippewas of Rama First Nation.
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Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site — Lock 41 Gamebridge
First of five manual locks rising 22.2 m across an 8 km stretch; gateway to the Talbot River section.
Today's read.
Cold but firm — winter-ready conditions · light winds · clean air.