KENORA

The bustling, picturesque hub of the northwest, Kenora is renowned as a tourist centre and a pulp and paper town. Situated at the north end of the Lake of the Woods, it offers a superb choice of boating, fishing and hunting, first-class accommodation, and great sailing which comes to the fore each summer with the ESCAPE power-boat cruise and the LOWISA regatta. In fur-trading days the town was known as Rat Portage, today it's an attractive town with a full schedule of fairs, festivals and regattas.

  

Husky the Muskie. This huge muskie replica, built of wood, steel and fibreglass, stands 13 m high and weighs close to 2,5 tons. Husky is a symbol for the Lake of the Woods, where some of North America's best muskie fishing may be had. (McLeod Park, in town.)
Lake Cruises. The "M.S. Kenora" makes a two-hour, 29 km cruise through the myriad islands of Lake if the Woods, including "Devil's Gap" where there's a "spirit rock" painting, said to commemorate a great battle, the victims of which lie in the deep channel at the foot of the rock.

 

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LAKE of the WOODS

 Ontario's second-largest inland lake boasts nearly 15,000 islands, 105,000 km of zigzagging shoreline and more peace and quiet than many people experience in a lifetime. Lake of The Woods holds attraction for visitors of all sorts in all seasons. For the fishing and hunting crowd, there are lots of island lodges and outposts camps - not to mention moose and muskie. For hikers and naturalists, there are cliffs and rocky hills, flocks of white pelicans and lone bald eagles. For water lovers, there are houseboats to charter and sailing regattas to win. And for everyone, there's fresh air, clear blue sky and the promise of a spectacular display of northern lights.

Lake of The Woods in the heart of Ontario wilderness

Lake of the Woods International Sailing Association Regatta. Nicknamed LOWISA, this seven-day excursion cruise and seven-day race among the 14,500 islands of the fabulous Lake of the Woods provides keen sailors with some of the finest cruising in North America. Probably the biggest inland regatta in America. Starts and finishes in Kenora: early August.

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