Kenora
Kenora | |
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| City of Kenora | |
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| Nickname: K-Town | |
| Motto: North America's premier boating destination | |
  Kenora | |
| Coordinates: 49°46′N 94°29′W / 49.767°N 94.483°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| District | Kenora |
| Incorporated (town) | 1882 as Rat Portage |
| Renamed | 1905 as Kenora |
| Amalgamated (City) | 2000[1] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Andrew Poirier |
| • Governing Body | Kenora City Council |
| • MP | Eric Melillo (Kenora, CPC) |
| • MPP | Greg Rickford (Kenora—Rainy River, PC) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 211.65 km2 (81.72 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 15.25 km2 (5.89 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 409.70 m (1,344.16 ft) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| • Total | 14,865 |
| • Density | 70.7/km2 (183/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 10,974 |
| • Urban density | 719.6/km2 (1,864/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−05:00 (CDT) |
| Forward sortation area | |
| Area code | 807 |
| Website | www |
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.
Notable people
[change | change source]- 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[5][6]
- Jacques Schyrgens - painter
- Mike Smith - silver medalist in the decathlon at the 1991 World Championships
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 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 "(Code 3560010) Census Profile". 2021 census. Statistics Canada. 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Kenora Ontario [Population centre] Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- ↑ "Kenora Airport". Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020. Environment Canada. Retrieved Jun 11, 2024.
- ↑ "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
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