I will attempt to discover knowledge about the petroform sites. I will avoid opinions and idle speculation. Many will make false claims that should be avoided.
What First Nation groups were in the area often and for how long?
Was the area a meeting place for many different groups?
Was it a teaching place for peoples far and wide?
What languages were commonly used there?
What mathematics was well known and for how long?
What geometry was well understood?
What astronomical purposes were there exactly?
What is unique about the area and terrain?
How are the petroforms aligned or connected to each other?
How many quartz mines are in the area?
How much is known, and who is the best authority?
How much is forgotten? How many false ideas are out there?
Where should one look for more sites, discoveries, and insights?
What do the elders at Shoal Lake claim to know?
How many areas on Earth have these kinds of boulders left by the last glacier?
Is it unique to have these flat granite areas with this size of boulder?
How unique are the long, flat, smooth trails that go on for miles?
Are there any hidden away places not yet discovered?
What might be overlooked?
Is there a larger pattern of sites and connections? How big of an area?
Did wild rice harvesting occur nearby?
How big and great was the ancient civilization of long ago?
Was this site considered important for thousands of years by who exactly?
What are the connections to the mound builders?
What are the connections to the birch bark scrolls and Midewiwin?
Was this a very important trade route during ancient times?
What relation is there to the copper culture? Any copper mined in Manitoba?
These are a few questions that I will attempt to answer.
There is no doubt that the petroforms in the Whiteshell River area are very interesting.
It is fascinating to think about Chaco Canyon, mound builders, ancient copper miners, and ancient traders on Turtle Island. There is a long timeline and vast area to consider. Where to focus upon?
Is it possible that there is something very important about the area, that many noticed from all corners of North America? Did some people wonder how the last glaciers carved down the granite so smooth in some areas? Was it smoother in the past, reflective, and striking?
Some of these rock formations are almost 4 billion years old.
This area is in relation to a vast prairie landscape, open grasslands, a giant Lake with rivers in all directions, and close to the northern route to the arctic ocean. Travel through the area would have been by those going east to west, or west to east. Who traveled through the area and why?
Were the abundant lakes and water falls an easy place to catch fish?
Was the area farmed for wild rice?
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