'Kenora District' (
Canada 2006 Census pop.: 64,419) 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
407,192.66 km² it comprises almost 38 percent of the province's land 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.
The Kenora District contains the
Sturgeon Lake Caldera, which is one of the world's best preserved
Neoarchean caldera complexes and is some 2.7 billion years old.
[4]
'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 settlements'
★
Lansdowne House
★
MacDowell Lake
★
Peawanuck
★
Slate Falls
★
Summer Beaver
★
Webequie
'Unorganized Areas'
★
Kenora, Unorganized
See also
★
List of Ontario Census Divisions
References
1. Statcan 2006 Census Profile
2. Highest elevation from MapArt 2003 Edition Ontario Provincial Map - G4 south of Willard Lake. Hudson Bay is at MSL
3. Compilation of Northwestern Ontario's 2006 census data
4. Caldera Volcanoes Retrieved on 2007-07-20
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