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Kenora District, Ontario
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| Kenora District | |
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| Country | Canada  |
| Province | Ontario  |
| Region | Northwestern Ontario |
| Created | 1907 |
| Government | |
| - MPs | Roger Valley (LPC), Charlie Angus (NDP) |
| - MPPs | Howard Hampton (NDP), Gilles Bisson (NDP) |
| Area | |
| - Total | 407,192.56 km² (157,217.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation [2] | MSL to 505m m (0 to 1,657 ft) |
| Population (2006)[1] | |
| - Total | 64,419 |
| - Density | 0.2/km² (0.5/sq mi) |
| Canada 2006 Census | |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST), Central (CST) (UTC-5, -6) |
| - Summer (DST) | Eastern Daylight (EDT), Central Daylight (CDT) (UTC-4, -5) |
| Postal Code FSA | P0V, P0X, P0Y, P8N, P8T, P9N |
| Area code(s) | 807 |
| Largest communities[3] | Kenora (15,177) Dryden (8,195) Sioux Lookout (5,183) |
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.
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As with the other districts of Northern Ontario, Kenora District has no equivalent to the county or regional municipality level of government that exists in Southern Ontario. All government services in the district are instead provided by the local municipalities, by local service boards in some unincorporated communities, or directly by the provincial government.
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.
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]
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.
Permanent roads only reach about halfway to the northernmost point of Kenora district, with the provincial highway network ending at Pickle Lake, although some more northerly communities have access to a seasonal winter road network. Year-round air and summertime river transport are the only means of reaching the most remote parts of the district. The major railroad between Toronto and British Columbia passes through the south of the district.
- 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
- ^ Statcan 2006 Census Profile
- ^ Highest elevation from MapArt 2003 Edition Ontario Provincial Map - G4 south of Willard Lake. Hudson Bay is at MSL
- ^ Compilation of Northwestern Ontario's 2006 census data
- ^ Caldera Volcanoes Retrieved on 2007-07-20