Talk:Kenora

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Daily Miner and News, February 15, 2005: "Although the website does have fact checkers, the downside to the site is information can still be incorrect at times. For example, someone wrote that Kenora was founded on gold. In fact it was formed through trading posts and missionaries (the two gold rushes came later). Anyone who picks up incorrect information can change it to make it accurate."

lots of issues | leave me a message 07:37, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

I was able to find the article here -- Earl Andrew - talk 08:00, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

Rat Portage Boundary Dispute

Hi, I'm a BCer interested in Western political geography and dropped by on a search for "Rat Portage" as this was the name of a boundary controversy concerning the devolution of the NWT into expanded Manitoba and Ontario, I'm not sure in which year. Manitoba had been 'promised' the Kenora-Lakehead region, as far as Lake Nipigon I think, but the heavyweights in southern Ontario intervened because of the rich resources of the area and out-clouted Manitoba. The account of this I read was in Canadian Geographic Magazine many years ago; I'm wondering if any of you Kenora-ites (Kenorans?) know anything about this and how/if it should be mentioned in the history section here.Skookum1 21:36, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

@Skookum1 I'm from nearby Winnipeg Manitoba, but 5 generations of my family are/were from Kenora and many of us remain there. I've spent a lot of time there with Kenorans.

Since Kenora and its environs have always been severely neglected by the provincial govt in Toronto, there has always been a very strong feeling among the residents that they should join Manitoba, though Manitoba no longer seems to want them. The feeling though has always been nearly universal among the area's residents, and likely always will be (due to geography). I would strongly support a mention of that fact, however I'm not sure that there is a lot more that can be said here.

Medical services have long been a major issue. The nearest major hospital is in Winnipeg, a minimum 2 hour drive, since there are no longer regular daily train or bus services.

It takes three hours plus to get into the actual hospital. Most important medical services thus require at least one night in a Winnipeg hotel plus the minimum 5 hour round trip. For families of any patient that is seriously ill or needs a longer stay this is a huge problem and expense. Yet the service at the Kenora Hospital Emergency Dept is so atrociously bad that one is better off driving to Winnipeg (even though emergency services there are almost as bad, especially for indigenous individuals).

The same applies to many if not most economic, social, and cultural endeavors as well. The other nearest real economic and cultural centres of note are Calgary and Ottawa, much more than a full day's drive in both directions, minimum 14 and 26 hours plus, respectively.

Kenora's local medical facilities are lately much improved in some limited ways, although that is no thanks to the govt. Modern machines were paid for by donations, forcing the govt to provide trained staff for them.

Maybe other people have relevant info that I don't have, perhaps on the ratio of taxes paid to Ontario and Canada, in relation to the tax funded benefits recieved by Kenora. Governments tend to use First Nations related spending as part of what they claim to provide to any area, although that money should obviously not be included in what an area (Kenora) should be receiving.

Some additional mention should also be made of the impact of the very large number of First Nations People, their culture, and the discrimination they have faced, in the past and presently. This includes the impact of logging and the many mills in the area, and the resulting severe mercury poisoning they have suffered. The govt has long resisted taking action, or providing clean drinking water, and still does to a large extent. I'm sure the Globe And Mail, Winnipeg Free Press, and Kenora Miner have all reported on that.

The article also makes no mention of the fact that for generations one of the 2 major employers was the logging industry and its associated pulp and paper mill, and several much smaller saw mills. The paper mill was the single largest employer by far for many years, and when its closure was announced, it was feared that the entire town would collapse catastrophically, but fortunately the town had become big enough to sustain itself and tourism has continued to grow. As far as I know, new related projects are in the works for downtown Kenora.

When I was a kid in the 60s the population was about 10,000. Now it is said to be about 15,000. Imho, that is not much of an increase after 60 years, compared to other towns, especially considering that the latter number includes the amalgamation of Kenora with the 2 neighboring (small) towns of Mellick and Joffrey. But I suspect the average income has risen a lot, because imho, the average education level of the residents is quite high. I think all of what I've said should be mentioned, if there are sources for it.

I can definately see the rationale for expanding on the issue of Kenora's alienation. It has always been very important there, although much less so to the Manitoba Legislature. If material can be found in proper sources, I do agree that that topic should be expanded upon, although I don't believe that Manitoba has ever taken a very active stance on trying to obtain Kenora and part of NW Ontario. The longstanding local newspaper, which I think is called The Winnipeg Free Press and Kenora Miner and Daily News, might be a good place to start. Good luck! Cat Majiv (talk) 17:12, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Skookum was blocked 11 years ago. Hwy43 (talk) 04:08, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

@Hwy43 Do you mean the person I replied to? It doesn't look that way to me. Why should I care?

And what's YOUR purpose in posting that?

Take your hostilities elsewhere. This is not the place for them! Cat Majiv (talk) 00:03, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

You are replying to a 20-year-old thread, by a user who has indeed been blocked for 11 years. User:Hwy43 was being helpful, not hostile, in pointing out that you are wasting your time. Meters (talk) 00:20, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Infobox Map

I created the Infobox for the article, however I used the filename for the map that was already on the page. Putting that in the Infobox causes it to print twice. I don't know how to do the fancy maps with the pushpins yet... so can someone fix the map? --Jimj wpg 06:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Anicinabe Park

The Anicinabe Park should be mentioned. Badagnani 19:59, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

@Badagnani Yes. Absolutely. Cat Majiv (talk) 15:24, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Rename page

The following is a closed discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was Kenora, Ontario → Kenora.

Per WP:CANSTYLE and WP:PRIMARYUSAGE, the article about the city should be at the undisambiguated name. All online references using this term refer to, or are related to, the city. Mindmatrix 19:53, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

• Support as nominator. Mindmatrix 19:53, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
• Support per CANSTYLE. -Royalguard11(T·R!) 21:02, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
• Support per nom. DigitalC (talk) 03:24, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
• Support as per the naming convention. Skeezix1000 (talk) 13:23, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
• Support per nominator; CANSTYLE. vıdıoman 03:42, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Lake of the Woods Milling company

Back in the Keewatin days, the Lake of the Woods Milling Company – an iconic Canadian flour producer – originated the "Five Roses" flour brand there. Seems like there should be some mention of this history, but I know little more about it. Anyone?

Well, there's this from fiveroses.ca (albeit a primary source), and this Google Books entry. Surely there are other third-party sources that document this. I'm not familiar with the history of the product or company, though. Mindmatrix 23:41, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

Carter, Sarah. "Pure, White, British, and Canadian: The Moose Jaw Origins and Rise of Robin Hood Flour, 1909–1930s." Prairie History 13 (2024): 19-33. this is a great source MinnesotaNiceGuy (talk) 21:22, 10 December 2025 (UTC)