Kenora (Ontario)
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| Province : | Ontario | ||
| District : | Kenora | ||
| Coordinates : | 49 ° 46 ′ N , 94 ° 29 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 410 m | ||
| Area : | 211.75 km² | ||
| Residents : | 15,348 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 72.5 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Central Time ( UTC − 6 ) | ||
| Postal code : | P9N, P0X | ||
| Area code : | +1 807 | ||
| Foundation : | 1882 | ||
| Mayor : | Dave Canfield | ||
| Website : | www.kenora.ca | ||
Kenora is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario . It was founded at the end of the 19th century as Council Portage and is located on the western border of the province on Lake of the Woods .
geography
Western Ontario lies on one of the oldest areas on earth, the Canadian Shield , with Kenora on the edge of the shield. The city is located on the north bank of Lake of the Woods, whose south bank already belongs to Minnesota , United States . The Lake of the Woods is a remnant of the Ice Age Agassiz Lake . 50 km to the west is the border with the province of Manitoba .
climate
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Average Monthly Temperatures and Rainfall for Kenora (Airport)
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history
The oldest human traces in the Kenora area are 8,000 years old. Isolated finds suggest that individual tribes and groups hunted and fished here 5000 years ago. The first settlements took place around 2000 years ago, and a well-organized society developed in the following 1000 years.
In 1688 the Lake of the Woods was discovered by Jacques De Noyon as the first European. Fort St. Charles was founded in 1732, southwest of Kenora, in what is now Minnesota. From there, the area north of the lake was also explored. As part of the independence of the United States from the United Kingdom , the border with Canada was regulated. With the Treaty of Paris , the limit was set at the 49th parallel, only a small area on the west bank of the Lake of the Woods was added to the United States as an exclave Northwest Angle north of the 49th parallel.
In the 19th century the settlement of the lake increased. In 1861, a Hudson's Bay Company trading post was established in the area where Kenora is now located. From this trading post a village developed which was called Rat Portage. This village was on the so-called Dawson Road, an important connection to Winnipeg , which was created as part of the Red River Rebellion . Rat Portage was officially founded in 1882. In the so-called Ontario-Manitoba border dispute , a dispute over the demarcation of the boundary between Manitoba and Ontario, affiliation to Ontario was determined by the Privy Council in 1889 .
However, the community merged after a short time with the neighboring communities Keewatin and Norman and took the name Kenora, which was formed from the first two letters of the communities of origin. The name change had economic reasons, with the word "rat" (English for rat) in the name bad business could be done. The local mill refused to print "rat" on their sacks of flour.
Another expansion of the city took place at the turn of the millennium. In 2000, Kenora merged with the neighboring communities of Jaffray Melick and Keewatin. Belonging to Ontario was questioned again in 2005. Since Kenora is geographically closer to Winnipeg, the capital of Manitoba, than to Toronto , the capital of Ontario, efforts arose to join the province of Manitoba.
politics
Kenora has a council, which consists of six members and the mayor. This council is elected for four years. The mayor was also chosen in the 2010 local elections. Dave Canfield assumed this position, which he previously held between 2000 and 2006.
The city is represented in the Ontario Legislative Assembly by an MP from the Ontario New Democratic Party , Sarah Campbell. The representative in the Canadian Parliament is Greg Rickford of the Conservatives .
traffic
Kenora is on the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH). This runs through the city as Highway 17 . Alternatively, the city can be bypassed on Highway 17A . The TCH leads west to Winnipeg, about 200 km away, and east to Thunder Bay , which is just 500 km to the east. The area north of Kenora is accessed by Highway 658 .
Kenora Airport is nine kilometers west of the city .
The transcontinental east-west connection of the Canadian Pacific runs through the city , the corresponding route of the Via Rail runs 20 km north of the city, the corresponding train station is in Reditt .
tourism
The tourist highlight of the city is the Lake of the Woods Museum , which shows the history of the city and the surrounding area. Permanent exhibitions are about the first settlements, everyday life at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and another focus is industrialization. There are also other changing exhibitions. The museum has been awarded numerous prizes, including a. also called the "coolest little museum in Canada".
sons and daughters of the town
- Alvin Hamilton (1912-2004), politician
- Bob Bailey (1931-2003), ice hockey player
- Marianne MacDonald (* 1934), writer
- Gary Bergman (1938-2000), ice hockey player
- Bob McCammon (* 1941), ice hockey player, coach, official and scout
- William White (* 1943), economist
- Mike Smith (* 1967), decathlete
- Mike Richards (born 1985), ice hockey player
- Megan Imrie (* 1986), biathlete
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Environment Canada. Retrieved May 4, 2012 .
- ↑ Historical outline. (No longer available online.) Lake of the Woods Museum, archived from the original on July 7, 2014 ; accessed on May 5, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Dawson Road. The Canadian Encyclopedia, accessed May 5, 2012 .
- ↑ Bill Redekop: Kenora cruise ship sails on rough waters. Winnipeg Free Press, July 11, 2011, accessed May 5, 2012 : "A flour mill in Rat Portage lobbied for a name change because it deemed the word" Rat "on its flour bags bad for business."
- ^ Residents of Ontario town want to join Manitoba. CTV News, accessed May 5, 2012 .
- ^ Municipal Elections Act. Government of Ontario, 1996, accessed May 5, 2012 .
- ^ Meet Mayor Dave Canfield. (No longer available online.) City of Kenora, archived from the original on February 4, 2012 ; accessed on May 5, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Sarah Campbell, MPP (Kenora - Rainy River). Legislative Assembly of Ontario, accessed May 5, 2012 .
- ↑ RICKFORD, Greg. Parliament of Canada, accessed May 5, 2012 .
- ^ Reg Clayton: Magazine rates Lake of the Woods museum one of Canada's 'coolest'. (No longer available online.) Kenora Daily Miner and News, 2009, archived from the original on March 14, 2012 ; accessed on May 5, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
