In 1916 the Keewatin-Kenora area was the flour milling capital of Canada. Between Keewatin’s Lake of the Woods Milling Company and Kenora’s Maple Leaf Milling Company they could produce 13000 barrels of flour a day!
The World Sculling Champion Jake Gaudaur Sr. lived in Rat Portage (Kenora) for several years around the turn of the century.
In Swedish tradition, thin bread has been a simple and tasty recipe for families to enjoy for centuries.
April 9th is Cherish an Antique Day. Here’s the story of one of our most prominent antiques: the Lake of the Woods Museum boardroom table!
It’s Archives Awareness Week! This is the plan of the original Rat Portage Water Works prepared by the design engineer John Chalmers in 1899.
April 5th to 9th is Archives Awareness Week! This map is one of the oldest in our collection and shows downtown Kenora in 1880-81.
In Swedish tradition, thin bread has been a simple and tasty recipe for families to enjoy for centuries.
A slice of life from the 1940s with the staff at the lunch counter of Ken’s Cafe, formerly on the southwest corner of Second St S & Matheson.
For many of the 20 years the SS Keenora spent on Lake of the Woods from 1897-1917, she was piloted by Muctavius, pictured here.
Learn the story of John “Scotty” Pattinson – the man who lived on an island on Lake of the Woods that came to be known as Scotty’s Island!
Saltpetre (also spelled saltpeter) or potassium nitrate has had many different uses over the course of many years including curing meats.
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we are highlighting the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of Kenora area women.
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we are highlighting the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of Kenora area women.
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we are highlighting the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of Kenora area women.
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we are highlighting the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of Kenora area women.
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we are highlighting the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of Kenora area women.
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we are highlighting the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of Kenora area women.
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we are highlighting the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of Kenora area women.
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we are highlighting the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of Kenora area women.
Before the invention of the egg carton, eggs were carried in baskets. Joseph Coyle of British Columbia invented the first egg carton.
Starting in the 1880s, one of the most popular items for any women to have was a pair of buttoned boots.
Happy Valentine’s Day from The Muse! Check out this valentine from the Lake of the Woods Museum collection from around the 1930s.
Fels-Naptha soap has been used for over a century to treat stains in clothing,and as a home remedy for poison ivy and poison oak.
Keen’s Oxford Blue was once a popular brand of laundry detergent, known for its bright blue colour that kept whites bright in the wash.