{"id":4422,"date":"2010-06-24T17:51:10","date_gmt":"2010-06-24T22:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=4422"},"modified":"2022-05-23T06:26:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T11:26:25","slug":"far-away-kenora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/far-away-kenora\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenora, So Far Away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Many months ago, in what seems like a lifetime ago in the world of Twelve Mile Circle, I focused on rural Southwestern Virginia<\/a>. I demonstrated through a simple mapping design that one distant corner of the state was closer to the capitals of eight other states than to its own capital of Richmond. This was one of the very first articles I ever posted on the blog so I doubt many of you ever saw it because I didn\u2019t have much of an audience back then. Nonetheless this type of anomaly has long fascinated me and it’s kind-of a shame that I covered it before anyone was stopping by here regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, more than two and a half years later and with 400 articles behind me, I have a chance for a do-over. So I’ll focus on its Canadian cousin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Way On the Edge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Kenora.<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The City of Kenora<\/a> occupies the far western edge of Ontario near its border with Manitoba. In fact the two provinces once disputed ownership of the town. Back then it went by its earlier and less flattering name, Rat Portage. I think they did well by going with Kenora. No, I can’t imagine anyone would want to live in Rat Portage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, the town became an official part of Ontario in 1889. Aficionados of geo-oddities might know it best as a nearby neighbor and point of access for the U.S. exclave known as the Northwest Angle on the Lake of the Woods. Otherwise it’s fairly obscure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However Kenora may be better known in odd geography circles for something distantly removed rather than something in close proximity: its provincial capital city of Toronto. Thus, Kenora’s residents wishing to travel to the capital of Ontario would need to cover an astounding 1,337 kilometres by air or 1,767 kilometres by road before arriving in Toronto. That’s either a solid airline flight or a drive lasting about twenty-five hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To the Map<\/h2>\n\n\n\n