Kenora

Kenora
Kenora
City (single-tier)
	City of Kenora
	Nickname: K-Town
	Kenora
	Coordinates: 49°46′N 94°29′W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Incorporated (town)	1882 as Rat Portage
Renamed	1905 as Kenora
Amalgamated (City)	2000
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 (2016)
• Total	15,096
• Density	71.3/km2 (185/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Forward sortation area	P9N
Area code	807
Website	www.kenora.ca

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.

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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

[1]
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]
"Kenora census profile". 2016 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
[3]
"Kenora (Population Centre) census profile". 2016 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
[4]
"Rick St. Croix School of Goaltending". Rick St. Croix. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
[5]
"Rick St. Croix". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

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[history-1] [1]
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

[cp2016-2] [2]
"Kenora census profile". 2016 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2017-03-15.

[cp2016-PC-3] [3]
"Kenora (Population Centre) census profile". 2016 Census of Population. Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2017-03-15.

[4] [4]
"Rick St. Croix School of Goaltending". Rick St. Croix. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

[5] [5]
"Rick St. Croix". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

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Kenora
City (single-tier)
City of Kenora

Nickname: K-Town
Kenora
Coordinates: 49°46′N 94°29′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 ^[2]^[3]
• Land	211.59 km² (81.70 sq mi)
Elevation	409.70 m (1,344.16 ft)
Population (2016)^[2]^[3]
• Total	15,096
• Density	71.3/km² (185/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Forward sortation area	P9N
Area code	807
Website	www.kenora.ca