When visiting Kenora (northwestern Ontario), here’s our list of favorite things to see and do. 📌 Save this for your road trip planning! Don’t miss these highlights: 📍 Take a cruise on the MS Kenora ➡️ So much fun! It doubles as a restaurant/bar—come hungry. 📍 Walk the dock at Anicinabe Park ➡️ Gorgeous views, and if you’re camping, grab a site overlooking the water. 📍 Find Husky the Muskie ➡️ At 40 feet tall, this Kenora icon is impossible to miss! You’ll find him in McLeod Park—a great bike

The Story of How Rat Portage became Kenora | Canadian History Ehx

Chanie Wenjack’s story is a defining moment in the history of Canada and its reckoning with the residential school system. Born on January 19, 1954, on Marten Falls First Nation (Ogoki Post), Chanie was taken from his family at age nine and sent to the Cecilia Jeffrey Residential School in Kenora, Ontario. In 1966, at just 12 years old, he ran away in hopes of returning home more than 600 kilometres away. On October 22, 1966, Chanie was found beside the railway tracks, where he had died from sta