Kenora District, Ontario

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Kenora District (2003 Postcensal population estimate: 66,130) is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1907 from parts of Rainy River District. It is, geographically, the largest division in that province; at 407,167 km² it takes up over one-third of the province's area; it is larger than Paraguay and approximately the size of California. The district seat is Kenora. The northern part, north of the Albany River and known sometimes as the Patricia Portion, was added to the Kenora District after it became part of Ontario in 1912.

The climate is very harsh because of the influence of the cold waters of Hudson and James bays: most of the region is taiga characterised by discontinuous permafrost, but on the extreme northern coast there are - remarkably for a latitude of only 54°N - patches of true arctic tundra and continuous permafrost. This is the southernmost point reached by the circumpolar line of continuous permafrost on any continent.

Most of the population of the district is concentrated in the extreme south where some agriculture is possible: the main crop is barley. In the north, mining is extremely extensive: northern Kenora district contains among the largest and highest-grade reserves of uranium in the world, and is also one of the world's major producers of nickel. Traditional native activities such as hunting and fishing dominate the northern half of the district outside of the few minings settlements. Roads can only reach about halfway to the northernmost point of Kenora district, so that air and (in summer) river transport is the only means of reaching the most remote part of the district. The major railroad between Toronto and British Columbia passes through the south of the district.

Municipalities

City of Dryden
City of Kenora
Municipality of Red Lake
Municipality (town) of Sioux Lookout
Township of Ear Falls
Township of Ignace
Township of Machin
Township of Pickle Lake
Township of Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls

Indian reserves

Attawapiskat 91A
Bearskin Lake
Cat Lake 63C
Deer Lake
Eagle Lake 27
English River 21
Fort Albany 67 (part)
Fort Hope 64
Fort Severn 89
Islington 29
Kasabonika Lake
Kee-Way-Win
Kenora 38B
Kingfisher Lake 1
Kitchenuhmaykoosib Aaki 84
Lac Seul 28
Lake Of The Woods 31G
Lake Of The Woods 37
Marten Falls 65
Muskrat Dam Lake
Neskantaga
North Spirit Lake
Northwest Angle 33B
Osnaburgh 63B
Pikangikum 14
Poplar Hill
Rat Portage 38A
Sabaskong Bay 35D
Sachigo Lake 1
Sachigo Lake 2
Sandy Lake 88
Shoal Lake 39A (part)
Shoal Lake 40 (part)
Shoal Lake 34B2
The Dalles 38C
Wabauskang 21
Wabigoon Lake 27
Wapakeka 1
Wapakeka 2
Wawakapewin
Weagamow Lake 87
Whitefish Bay 32A
Whitefish Bay 33A
Whitefish Bay 34A
Wunnumin 1
Wunnumin 2

Indian settlements

Lansdowne House
MacDowell Lake
Peawanuck
Slate Falls
Summer Beaver
Webequie

Unorganized Areas

Kenora, Unorganized

See also

List of Ontario Census Divisions

	Ontario
Counties	Bruce - Dufferin - Elgin - Essex - Frontenac - Grey - Haliburton - Hastings - Huron - Lambton - Lanark - Leeds and Grenville - Lennox and Addington - Middlesex - Northumberland - Perth - Peterborough - Prescott and Russell - Renfrew - Simcoe - Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry - Wellington
Districts	Algoma - Cochrane - Kenora - Manitoulin - Nipissing - Parry Sound - Rainy River - Sudbury - Thunder Bay - Timiskaming
Regional municipalities	Durham - Halton - Muskoka - Niagara - Oxford - Peel - Waterloo - York
Single-tier municipalities	Brant - Brantford - Chatham-Kent - Greater Sudbury - Haldimand - Hamilton - Kawartha Lakes - Norfolk - Ottawa - Prince Edward - Toronto
Separated municipalities	Barrie - Belleville - Brantford - Brockville - Gananoque - Guelph - Kingston - London - Orillia - Pembroke - Peterborough - Prescott - Quinte West - Smiths Falls - St. Marys - St. Thomas - Stratford - Windsor

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