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KENORA (formerly RAT PORTAGE)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 733 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KENORA (formerly RAT
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  , a
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town and
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port of entry in Ontario,
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Canada, and the chief town of Rainy
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River
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district, situated at an altitude of ro87 ft. above the sea . Pop . (1891), 1806; (1901) 5222 . It is 133 M. by
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rail east of
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Winnipeg, on the
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Canadian Pacific railway, and at the outlet of the Lake of the Woods . The Winnipeg river has at this point a fall of 16 ft., which, with the lake as a
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reservoir, furnishes an abundant and unfailing
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water- power . The
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industrial establishments comprise reduction
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works, saw-mills and
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flour-mills, one of the latter being the largest in Canada . It is the distributing point for the gold mines of the district, and during the summer months steamboat communication is maintained on the lake . There is important sturgeon fishing .

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