Culture
The city's most prominent cultural venue is the downtown Harbourfront, a park on the shore of Lake of the Woods which hosts the city's annual winter and summer festivals, as well as concert series, and other special events. The Harbourfront is also the docking point for the M/S Kenora, a small cruise ship which offers a guided tour of the lake. It has a mascot, Husky the Muskie.
The city's downtown core has a public arts project, with 20 murals depicting the region's history painted on buildings in the business district.
The city is also home to a major international bass fishing tournament.
Kenora is sometimes stereotyped as an archetypal hoser community, evidenced by the phrase "Kenora dinner jacket" as a nickname for a hoser's flannel shirt.
The City of Kenora is home to the Lake of the Woods Museum, which has won awards from the Ontario Historical Society for its exhibits. It was called "one of the coolest little museums in Canada" by the CAA. In June 2011, the Museum received another Ontario Historical Society Award for its exhibit, Bakaan nake'ii ngii-izhi-gakinoo'amaagoomin (We Were Taught Differently): The Indian Residential School Experience, based on stories of residential school life told by local residents.
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