The town of Kenora was originally known as Rat Portage.

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.

Kenora was once claimed as part of the Province of Manitoba, and there are early references to Rat Portage, Manitoba.

The Village of Keewatin was founded in 1877 while the Village of Norman was founded in 1892 ; both communities amalgamated with Rat Portage in 1905 to form the Township of Kenora.

Cameron then moved to Rat Portage ( now Kenora ), which was claimed by both Manitoba and Ontario at the time.

That summer, the town of Rat Portage changed its name to Kenora.

Hooper was born in the village of Rat Portage, later renamed Kenora, in north-western Ontario, Canada.

McGimsie played the defence position for the Rat Portage Thistles and Kenora Thistles.

The very next year, the MJHL swallowed the CMJHL, creating a North Division to house all four teams, the Selkirk Steelers, Portage Terriers, Dauphin Kings, and Kenora Muskies ( who operated out of Fort Garry the previous year ).

Charlie Simmer of the Kenora Muskies won the scoring title in 1973, the same year the Portage Terriers were crowned National Champs, winning the Centennial Cup.

The smallest municipality to produce a Stanley Cup champion team is Kenora, Ontario ; the town had a population of about 4, 000 when the Kenora Thistles captured the Cup in January 1907.

Brampton Lake is located near Kenora, Ontario.

Dryden is currently part of the provincial electoral district of Kenora — Rainy River.

Kenora — Rainy River's Member of Provincial Parliament is Sarah Campbell.

Federally, the city is part of the Kenora riding and is represented by Greg Rickford, a Conservative.

It is the seat of Kenora District.

Kenora is the smallest town to have won a major North American sports title.

Kenora, a site of natural attractions, is home to visitors from all over the world year round.

The Harbourfront is also the docking point for the M / S Kenora, a small cruise ship which offers a guided tour of the lake.

Kenora is sometimes stereotyped as an archetypal hoser community, evidenced by the phrase " Kenora dinner jacket " as a nickname for a hoser's flannel shirt.

The City of Kenora is home to the Lake of the Woods Museum, which has won awards from the Ontario Historical Society for its exhibits.

Kenora Airport is located east northeast of the city centre.

Kenora is a cruise located at the waterfront.

Kenora is represented at in the House of Commons by Conservative Member of Parliament Greg Rickford, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by MPP Sarah Campbell of the Ontario New Democratic Party.

Housed within the college is Contact North, which offers Kenora residents local access to university and college programs not directly offered by the college campus.

The median household income in 2005 for Kenora was $ 59, 946, which is slightly below the Ontario provincial average of $ 60, 455.

Kenora, Ontario is the smallest town ever to win the Stanley Cup.

The land area of this district is, making it slightly smaller than the US State of Michigan and the second largest district in Ontario after Kenora District.

Hall won the Stanley Cup with the Kenora Thistles in 1907, for which he received a ' loving cup ' which is on display in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Through the town of Kenora, Highway 17 is signed, but maintained under a connecting link agreement between the town and the province.

Aside from the city of Thunder Bay, Kenora is the only other municipality in the entire region with a population of greater than 10, 000 people.

The district includes the extreme eastern part of the District of Kenora, all of the District of Cochrane except for the central western part, and a small part south of Timmins, and all of the District of Timiskaming except for the extreme southeastern part.

It encompasses most of Kenora District except for the eastern third, and a small section of the northwest corner of Thunder Bay District.

Highway 17 passes through Kenora, and the Highway 17A Kenora By-Pass goes around the city.

Confederation College has a Kenora campus and serves post-secondary and adult education needs in the city and surrounding area.

Nault began his career as city councillor in Kenora, Ont.

In 1947, it was defined to consist of the city of Fort William and the southern parts of the territorial districts of Rainy River, Kenora and Thunder Bay adjacent to by the southern boundary of Canada.

It consisted initially of the parts of the territorial districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, and Thunder Bay not included in the electoral districts of Algoma West, Cochrane, Fort William, and Kenora-Rainy River herein defined, and including the city of Port Arthur, together with that part of the district of Patricia not included in the electoral districts of Kenora — Rainy River and Cochrane.

The Lake of the Woods and numerous smaller lakes situated all around Kenora are the major draw for cottagers who summer here.

Neskantaga First Nation ( formerly known as Lansdowne House Indian Band ), is a remote Oji-Cree First Nation community in the northern reaches of the Canadian province of Ontario, situated along the shore of Attawapiskat Lake in the District of Kenora.