KENORA (formerly

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• RAT (a word common to Teut. and Rom. languages; probably first adopted in Teut.; the ultimate origin is not known; Skeat suggests the root rad-, to scratch; cf. Ger. Ratte, Dan. rotte, Fr. rat, &c.)

RAT

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• PORTAGE

PORTAGE)  , a town and port of entry in Ontario, Canada, and the chief town of Rainy River district, situated at an altitude of ro87 ft. above the sea . Pop . (1891), 1806; (1901) 5222 . It is 133 M. by rail east of Winnipeg, on the 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 reservoir, furnishes an abundant and unfailing water- power . The industrial establishments comprise reduction works, saw-mills and 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 .