Kenora, Ontario
Kenora (2001 population 15,838) is a city situated on the Lake of the Woods in northwestern Ontario, Canada close to the Manitoba border, about 200km from Winnipeg.
It was originally settled because of gold found in the area.
In 1836 a fur-trading post was established by the Hudson's Bay Company at present-day Kenora, and the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the 1880s allowed the town to prosper. In 2000 Kenora became a city.
Forestry, tourism and mining are the three largest sectors of the Kenora economy. The population balloons in the spring and summer when summer residents move in.
Kenora-Rainy River's Member of Provincial Parliament, Howard Hampton, is leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party. Federally, the area is represented by Liberal Member of Parliament Roger Valley. He was elected in 2004 in the newly created Kenora riding.
The name Kenora comes from the merger of the three towns that make up Kenora: Keewatin, Norman, and Rat Portage. Kenora is also the smallest town to ever win the Stanley Cup.
