The early Aboriginal peoples called this area Ekarennondi (the Village of Souls). The trails wind through sugar maple, red oak and white birch forests. Hikers will come across a variety of wildflowers along the route.

The Hurons told of a sacred place some eight leagues distant. There, stood a rock called Ekarenniondi, marking the path to the Village of the Souls. Nearby could be found the cabin of Oscotarach, who gazed Eastward toward the approaching souls, and who drew away their memories so they could cross to the afterlife unencumbered. Since Jean de Brébeuf recorded these tales in 1636, adventurers, archaeologists...