Kenora
Sign in to saveKenora (), previously named Rat Portage (), is a city situated on the Lake of the Woods in Ontario, Canada, close to the Manitoba boundary, and about east of Winnipeg by the Trans-Canada Highway. It is the seat of Kenora District.
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- Kenora
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- City of Kenora
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- City (single-tier)
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- K-Town
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- North America's premier boating destination
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- Canada Ontario
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- right
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- Country
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- Canada
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- Province
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- Ontario
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- District
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- Kenora
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- Incorporated (town)
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- 1882 as Rat Portage
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- Renamed
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- 1905 as Kenora
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Kenora (), previously named Rat Portage (), is a city situated on the Lake of the Woods in Ontario, Canada, close to the Manitoba boundary, and about east of Winnipeg by the Trans-Canada Highway. It is the seat of Kenora District.
The history of the name extends beyond the time of French settlers arriving in the region. The name Rat Portage had its origin in the Ojibwe name Wazhashk-Onigam, which, roughly translated, means portage to the country of the muskrats. A shortened and somewhat corrupted version, Rat Portage, was adopted by the Hudson's Bay Company in naming their post, then located on Old Fort Island on the Winnipeg River. When the post was moved to the mainland and a town grew up around it, the name Rat Portage was assumed by the community.