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[[File:Serpent Mounds NHS.jpg|thumb|[[Serpent Mounds Park]], located near [[Peterborough, Ontario]], was named because of the zig-zag serpent shapes of its mounds.]]

[[L'Anse Amour]] is an archaeological site located in the [[Strait of Belle Isle]] in [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], [[Canada]]. This site consists of a single burial mound that is 8 meters in diameter. The remains of a juvenile were found at the site along with a variety of artifacts, including tools and points made from stone and animal bones, a bone whistle, and red ochre colored stones. The juvenile is oriented with their head facing north and their body fully extended. This site has been dated to 8,300 years ago.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Pauketat |first1=Timothy |title=The Archaeology of Ancient North America |last2=Sassaman |first2=Kenneth |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2020 |isbn=978-0521762496 |edition=illustrated |location=Cambridge |publication-date=February 27, 2020 |pages=262}}</ref>

This site has been pointed to as an early example of the [[Burial|burial traditions]] characteristic of the [[Maritime Archaic Community]]. Similar sites are located throughout this [[Atlantic Canada|region]], although this tradition seems to have reached its peak around 1,000 years after the construction of the site at L'Anse Amour. Many of these Maritime Archaic burial sites are removed from areas of habitation and may have acted as meeting places for people from across wide areas. The [[Innu|Innu people]], who inhabit this area today, were sometimes fearful that the souls of the dead could do harm to the living and therefore buried them in isolated areas under stones. While archaeologists are unsure of the intentions behind the location and construction of this site, these more recent beliefs may suggest that the juvenile at L'Anse Amour may have been buried in this way to protect the living.<ref name=":0" />

The Augustine Mound is an important [[Mi'kmaq people|Mi'kmaq]] burial site in New Brunswick.

[[Taber Hill]] is a [[Haudenosaunee]] burial mound in [[Toronto, Ontario]].

In the southern regions of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, evidence of ancient mound builders was discovered by archaeologists, beginning with excavations by [[Henry Youle Hind]] in 1857.<ref>[http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/28/moundbuilders.shtml (Manitoba History) The Manitoba Mound Builders: The Making of an Archaeological Myth, 1857–1900]. Gwen Rempel. 1994. Retrieved 6 February 2017.</ref><ref>[http://parkscanadahistory.com/series/mrs/323.pdf Aboriginal Mounds in Southern Manitoba: An Evaluative Overview]. E. Leigh Syms. 1978. Retrieved 6 February 2017.]</ref><ref>[http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/archaeology_history_of.html History of Archaeology, Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan.] Retrieved 6 February 2017.</ref>

In Southwestern British Columbia, several types of burial mounds are known from the Salishan region (Hill-Tout 1895).