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Wawa Runestone

Wawa, Canada

The Wawa Runestone is a piece of bedrock stone covered in runes, discovered near Wawa, Ontario, Canada in 2015. The runes spell out a Swedish-language version of the Lord’s Prayer and are believed to have been carved in the early to mid-19th century by a Swedish Canadian. Unlike many other runestones found in continental America, such as the Kensington Runestone, the Wawa Runestone is not believed to be a hoax related to the Norse colonization of North America.

Monument data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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