Kenora
city in Ontario, Canada
Kenora, originally named Rat Portage (French: Portage-aux-Rats), is a small city on the Lake of the Woods in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, close to Manitoba, and about 200 km (124 mi) east of Winnipeg. It is the seat of Kenora District.
Kenora | |
|---|---|
| City of Kenora | |
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| Nickname: K-Town | |
  Kenora | |
| Coordinates: 49°46′N 94°29′W / 49.767°N 94.483°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Incorporated (town) | 1882 as Rat Portage |
| Renamed | 1905 as Kenora |
| Amalgamated (City) | 2000[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dan Reynard |
| • Governing Body | Kenora City Council |
| • MP | Bob Nault (Kenora, LPC) |
| • MPP | Greg Rickford (Kenora—Rainy River, PC) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 211.59 km2 (81.70 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 409.70 m (1,344.16 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 15,096 |
| • Density | 71.3/km2 (185/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Forward sortation area | |
| Area code | 807 |
| Website | www.kenora.ca |
Notable people
change- Gary Bergman - former NHL and Team Canada 1972 player
- Glory Annen Clibbery - actress
- Ralph Connor - writer
- Tim Coulis - former NHL player
- Phil Eyler - politician
- Silas Griffis - Hockey Hall of Famer
- Peter Heenan - municipal/provincial/federal politician
- Robert Hilles - poet
- Tom Hooper - Hockey Hall of Famer
- Joe Murphy - former NHL player
- Kyle Koch - former CFL offensive guard (Toronto Argonauts)
- Victor Lindquist - Olympic hockey gold medal winner (1932), two-time world gold medalist (1931 and 1935) and Olympic Swedish coach (1936)
- Bob Nault - MP, former Indian Affairs Minister
- Tom Phillips - Hockey Hall of Famer
- Mike Richards - former Team Canada captain, Philadelphia Flyers captain, two-time NHL Stanley Cup Champion with the Los Angeles Kings
- Greg Rickford - MPP and Ontario Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, former MP and Natural Resources Minister
- Rick St. Croix - former NHL goaltender and assistant coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs[4][5]
- Jacques Schyrgens - painter
- Mike Smith - silver medalist in the decathlon at the 1991 World Championships
References
change- ↑ City of Kenora - History Milestones Archived 2012-03-13 at the Wayback Machine and City of Kenora - History and Culture Archived 2007-10-21 at the Wayback Machine both accessed 9 November 2007
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Kenora census profile". 2016 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Kenora (Population Centre) census profile". 2016 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
- ↑ "Rick St. Croix School of Goaltending". Rick St. Croix. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ↑ "Rick St. Croix". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
Other websites
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kenora.
Kenora travel guide from Wikivoyage- City of Kenora
