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In 1878, the company surveyed lots for the permanent settlement of Rat Portage (" portage to the country of the muskrat ") — the community kept that name until 1905, when it was renamed to Kenora.

The name, " Kenora ," was coined by combining the first two letters of Keewatin, Norman ( two nearby communities ) and Rat Portage.