Editing Kenora (section)

==Toponymy==

The name "''Kenora''" was coined by combining the first two letters of ''Ke''ewatin, ''No''rman and ''Ra''t Portage.<ref name="Barnes1">{{cite book|last1=Barnes|first1=Michael|title=Gold in Ontario|date=1995|publisher=The Boston Mills Press|location=Erin|isbn=155046146X|pages=22}}</ref>

The traditional [[Ojibwe language|Ojibwe]] name of Kenora is '''Wazhashk-Onigamiing''',<ref>Translate Ojibwe - English Ojibwe Dictionary, "Kenora" [https://www.translateojibwe.com/en/dictionary-english-ojibwe/kenora https://www.translateojibwe.com/en/dictionary-english-ojibwe/kenora]</ref><ref>Brock Pitawanakwat, Anishinaabemodaa Pane Oodenang – A Qualitative Study of Anishinaabe Language Revitalization as Self-Determination in Manitoba and Ontario 2009, University of Victoria, [https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol2/002/NR60734.PDF?is_thesis=1&oclc_number=766382249 https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol2/002/NR60734.PDF?is_thesis=1&oclc_number=766382249]</ref> meaning ''place of the muskrat portage'', corresponding to the older English name of the settlement, ''Rat Portage''. The nearby First Nation band of the [[Anishinabe of Wauzhushk Onigum]] retains this name as well.