Kenora

Kenora

 town, Kenora district, northwestern Ontario, Canada. It lies along the Lake of the Woods (Woods, Lake of the), 300 miles (480 km) northwest of Thunder Bay. The Hudson's Bay Company built a trading post on Old Fort Island (1790), and lumbering in the locality was followed by a gold-mining boom (1890–91). The settlement was incorporated as a Manitoba town in 1882 when it became a divisional railroad point, but it was awarded to Ontario following a territorial dispute. It became an Ontario township in 1883 and a town in 1892. Kenora derived its name from the first two letters of Keewatin (its sister town), nearby Norman, and Rat Portage, an early name given to the town because of the migration of muskrats between the lake and the Winnipeg River.

      The town's economic activities are based primarily on pulp and paper milling, flour milling, fish processing, and boatbuilding, augmented by tourism. There is an airport 8 miles (13 km) northeast, and a seaplane base is located in a downtown lake area. The colourful Lake of the Woods International Pow-Wow is an annual (August) event. Pop. (2006) 15,177.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Kenora — This article is about a city in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. For other uses, see Kenora (disambiguation). Kenora   City   …   Wikipedia

  • Kenora —  Pour l’article homonyme, voir Kenora (circonscription).  Kenora Quai de Kenora Administration …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Kenora — Original name in latin Kenora Name in other language YQK State code CA Continent/City America/Winnipeg longitude 49.81671 latitude 94.43373 altitude 327 Population 15177 Date 2010 09 22 …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

  • Kenora — Admin ASC 2 Code Orig. name Kenora Country and Admin Code CA.08.5991054 CA …   World countries Adminstrative division ASC I-II

  • Kenora (Ontario) — Kenora (población en 2006), originalmente llamada Rat Portage, es una pequeña ciudad situada en el lago de los Bosques en el Noroeste de Ontario (Canadá), cerca de la frontera con Manitoba, y a unos 200 km al este de Winnipeg. Es la cabeza del… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Kenora District — Lage des Kenora District in Ontario Provinz Ontario Verwaltungssitz Kenora …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Kenora, Unorganized, Ontario — Kenora, Unorganized is an unorganized area in northwestern Ontario, Canada in Kenora District. Comprising 98.39 percent of the Kenora District s land area, yet only 10.93 percent of its population, it is essentially the remainder of the district… …   Wikipedia

  • Kenora—Rainy River — was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 2004. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Fort William and Rainy River and Port Arthur and Kenora… …   Wikipedia

  • Kenora (disambiguation) — Kenora may refer to:* City of Kenora, Ontario, Canada * Kenora (electoral district), federal and provincial electoral districts in Ontario * Kenora District, Ontario, a territorial district in Ontarioee also* Canora disambiguation page …   Wikipedia

  • Kenora Masterchoice Motel — (Виндзор,Канада) Категория отеля: Адрес: 2030 Huron Church Road, N9C 2L5 …   Каталог отелей

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”