Kenora, originally named Rat Portage (), is a small city on the Lake of the Woods in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, close to Manitoba, and about east of Winnipeg. It is the seat of Kenora District.
Notable people
Gary Bergman - former NHL and Team Canada 1972 player
Glory Annen Clibbery - actress
Ralph Connor - writer
Tim Coulis - former NHL player
Phil Eyler - politician
Silas Griffis - Hockey Hall of Famer
Peter Heenan - municipal/provincial/federal politician
Robert Hilles - poet
Tom Hooper - Hockey Hall of Famer
Joe Murphy - former NHL player
Kyle Koch - former CFL offensive guard (Toronto Argonauts) Victor Lindquist - Olympic hockey gold medal winner (1932), two-time world gold medalist (1931 and 1935) and Olympic Swedish coach (1936) Bob Nault - MP, former Indian Affairs Minister Tom Phillips - Hockey Hall of Famer Mike Richards - former Team Canada captain, Philadelphia Flyers captain, two-time NHL Stanley Cup Champion with the Los Angeles Kings Greg Rickford - MPP and Ontario Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, former MP and Natural Resources Minister Rick St. Croix - former NHL goaltender and assistant coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs Jacques Schyrgens - painter Mike Smith - silver medalist in the decathlon at the 1991 World Championships