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Pimachiowin Aki, “the land that gives life”

A First Nations community at Bloodvein River on Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 2003; a view of the wider region, not the World Heritage property itself.
A First Nations community at Bloodvein River on Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 2003; a view of the wider region, not the World Heritage property itself. Bloodvein River Manitoba · Timkal · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Pimachiowin Aki, Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) for “the land that gives life,” is a boreal forest in Manitoba and Ontario under Indigenous stewardship. Inscribed in 2018, it is Canada’s first mixed (natural and cultural) World Heritage property and testifies to the Anishinaabe tradition of Ji-ganawendamang Gidakiiminaan (Keeping the Land).

Scope & context

The property’s meaning and heritage status, not the individual First Nations’ histories or its management arrangements.

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Parks Canada (World Heritage Sites in Canada)

Date of Inscription; Justification