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Once Rat Portage on Lake of the Woods

Kenora in brief

Kenora sits on Lake of the Woods near the Manitoba border, about 208 kilometres east of Winnipeg. Ojibwe territory first, it was long called Rat Portage from Wazhashk-Onigam, roughly the muskrat portage, before the modern name stuck.

French explorers reached the lake in the late 1600s, and Pierre de La Verendrye's Fort Saint Charles followed in 1732. South of town, White Otter Castle is a three-storey red-pine log house built alone by trapper Jimmy McOuat.

Drawn from Wikipedia, Atlas Obscura.

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#69
City Score rank
42%
City Score
1
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City Score over time

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Rankings for Kenora

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Single edition · 2026

#69
Published · 2026 · of 125
Score 0.419

Only one published edition places Kenora in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.

Original source · Full edition

Property tax · OpenStats

OpenStats Residential Mill Rates

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Municipalities ranked by residential mill rate. Rank 1 is the highest published rate (higher tax burden).

Single edition · 2024

#18
Published · 2024 · of 43
Score 15.06

Only one published edition places Kenora in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.

Original source · Full edition

Worth knowing in Kenora

Distinctive local notes and places, each linked to its source.

  • Kenora, previously named Rat Portage, is a city situated on the Lake of the Woods in Ontario, Canada, close to the Manitoba boundary, and about 208 km (129 mi) east of Winnipeg by the Trans-Canada Highway.

    Wikipedia

  • White Otter Castle is a three-storey red-pine log house built alone by trapper Jimmy McOuat in the remote wilderness south of Kenora.

    Atlas Obscura

Places to see

White Otter Castle

A remote log castle built single-handedly by a trapper on White Otter Lake, reachable by boat, canoe, or snow machine.

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