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As the crow flies, Kenora is 1,544 km away from Parliament Hill. It is about a 21-hour journey by car or a roughly seven-hour flight (including connections and wait time).
Fort Severn, near Hudson Bay, is 1,440 km from Parliament Hill.
Major modes of public transit include VIA Rail, Greyhound bus, and the M/S Kenora — a fully-licensed cruise ship for lake tours.
This northwestern Ontario riding is nearly 322,000 km2 in area.
Kenora’s northern reaches includes the Hudson Bay Lowland: a stretch of muskeg, peat, and wetlands that are known for polar bears, caribou, and numerous bird species.
Due to the riding’s immense size, the riding features many lakes and waterways, including Lake St. Joseph, North Caribou Lake, Lake of the Woods, Lac Seul, Big Trout Lake, the Severn River, Otoskwin River, and Fawn River.
About 4% of the riding’s population are immigrants.
Approximately 47% of the riding’s population identify as Aboriginal.
Over 16% of the riding’s population speaks an Indigenous mother tongue. Oji-Cree and Ojibway are the most commonly spoken Indigenous languages.
Average individual income is $41,161.
Kenora’s McLeod Park is home to a 40-foot statue of a fish named “Husky the Muskie” — one of the area’s most recognizable landmarks.
Kenora is also home to the popular “Kenora Bass International” fishing tournament, with prizes up to $25,000.
Dryden is home to the 5.5-metre statue named “Max the Moose” that has become a staple along the Trans-Canada Highway. The city also has an annual Moosefest festival, which hosts a fishing tournament called the “Walleye Masters.”
Kenora is the smallest town to ever win a major North American sports title: the 1907 Stanley Cup (Kenora Thistles).
Hockey Hall of Fame member and Olympic gold medalist Chris Pronger is from Dryden.
The Lake of the Woods falls within three jurisdictions: Ontario, Manitoba, and the U.S. state of Minnesota.
The Township of Ignace was named after Ignace Mentour by Sir Sandford Fleming in 1879. Mentour was an important Indigenous guide who helped Fleming navigate the region during his 1872 railway survey.
Health care and social assistance, public administration, and retail trade are the riding’s largest industries. About 17% of the workforce is in health care and social assistance. Almost 45% of workforce has post-secondary education.
Grassy Narrows First Nation has struggled with unsafe tap water, mainly due to industrial mercury dumping at Dryden in the 1960s and 1970s. The most recent state of emergency was declared in August 2016.
Lake of the Woods Water Sustainability Foundation, based in Kenora, has a plan to protect the lake’s water basin.
Much of the riding is part of Treaty 9 territory (also known as the James Bay Treaty), negotiated between the federal government and various First Nations in 1905 and 1906.
Kenora, the riding’s namesake, gets its name from when three towns amalgamated into one in 1905. The name “Kenora” comes from the first two letters of Keewatin, Norman, and Rat Portage. The town was incorporated as a city in 2000.
Indigenous communities in this riding include:
Keewaytinook Okimakanak/Northern Chiefs Council Deer Lake Fort Severn Kee-Way-Win McDowell Lake North Spirit Lake Poplar Hill
Windigo First Nations Council Sachigo Lake Bearskin Lake North Caribou Lake Cat Lake Slate Falls Nation Independent First Nations Alliance Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Lac Seul Muskrat Dam Lake Pikangikum
Bimose Tribal Council Eagle Lake Grassy Narrows First Nation Iskatewizaagegan #39 Independent First Nation Shoal Lake No.40 Wabaseemoong Independent Nations Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation Naotkamegwanning Wabauskang First Nation Obashkaandagaang Ochiichagwe'babigo'ining First Nation
Anishnaabeg of Kabapikotawangag Resource Council Inc. Northwest Angle No.33 Animakee Wa Zhing #37 Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation Anishinabe of Wauzhushk Onigum
MNO Kenora Métis Council
MNO Northwest Métis Council
Shibogama First Nations Council Wapekeka Wawakapewin Kasabonika Lake Kingfisher Wunnumin
Matawa First Nations Nibinamik First Nation Webequie Eabametoong First Nation Neskantaga First Nation
Mishkeegogamang
Sandy Lake
Ojibway Nation of Saugeen