Summer Speaker Series: W. J. Phillips: A Growing Collection
Join us at the Douglas Family Art Centre every Tuesday in July and August for our compelling series of speakers.
Summer Speaker Series: Flashpoint of the Border War
Join us at the Douglas Family Art Centre every Tuesday in July and August for our compelling series of speakers.
Summer Speaker Series: A Study of Alexander Henry’s Map of 1776
Join us at the Douglas Family Art Centre every Tuesday in July and August for our compelling series of speakers.
Summer Speaker Series: Dam It! Transformative Tales from Tunnel Island
Join us at the Douglas Family Art Centre every Tuesday in July and August for our compelling series of speakers.
Summer Speaker Series: 1893 The great Land Rush on the Lake
Join us at the Douglas Family Art Centre every Tuesday in July and August for our compelling series of speakers.
Summer Speaker Series: Levelling the Lake – Cancelled
Join us at the Douglas Family Art Centre every Tuesday in July and August for our compelling series of speakers.
Summer Speaker Series: Creator’s Garden
Join us at the Douglas Family Art Centre every Tuesday in July and August for our compelling series of speakers.
Overcoming Obstacles in Placing the Boundary on Lake of the Woods with David Malaher
Join us on Thursday, August 11th for the real story about how the border on Lake of the Woods came to be with guest speaker David Malaher.
Meet the Artist Reception with Melissa Jean
Join local artist, Melissa Jean, for this Meet the Artist Reception for the exhibition Power of Place: Melissa Jean & Walter J. Phillips.
55+ & Free: Preserving your Family History
Learn some easy conservation hacks from Museum Educator Braden Murray to help you preserve important family photographs, documents, and textiles.
55+ & Free: Photo Cafe – Local Stores and Businesses
Peruse through the Museum’s collection of photos of local stores and businesses from 1960s-1980s and tell us the stories.
55+ & Free: Photo Cafe – Paper Mill
Join us for coffee and conversation as we welcome you to view and assist us in identifying photographs of Kenora’s pulp and paper mill, 1960s-1980s.
55+ & Free: Genealogy 101
Join local Ancestor Seekers of Kenora member Gloria Harvey as she gives a broad brush overview of the who, what, where, and why of genealogical research and how to start your family tree.
55+ & Free: Delicious & Local! Indigenous Food Presentation – FULL
Enjoy a culinary experience with Theresa Jamieson (aka The Bannock Lady) who will be presenting a cooking demonstration of traditional Anishinaabe foods. Come hungry!
55+ & Free: Photo Cafe: Winter Sports
Browse through the Museum’s collection of winter sports photographs from the 1960s-1980s and share your knowledge with Museum staff.
55+ & Free: Tour of the Golden Age of Postcards: From the Collection of Rob McInnes
Take a guided tour of this exhibit which features over 70 Kenora/Keewatin images with Museum Educator Braden Murray.
A Day at the Lake
This is the story of when 5,000 people, over 10% of the population of Winnipeg at the time, made Rat Portage their destination for a day at the lake.
Spring Break-Up
The spring break-up of ice on Lake of the Woods has long been closely followed by residents. Besides the necessity of the opening of the lake for transportation and communication purposes, there naturally developed a competition to be the first boat to navigate through the ice floes in the early spring.
The Anglican Summer Camp Island
Anglican Summer Camp Island is located south of Crowe Island at the mouth of Keewatin Channel on Lake of the Woods.
Camp Stephens Celebrates 125 Years
2016 marks the 125th anniversary of Camp Stephens, a Lake of the Woods summer camp for youth and families operated by the YMCA/YWCA.
Where is the Real Massacre Island?
Tales of Massacre Island have been passed on through oral story-telling, but the facts became skewed. So where is the real Massacre Island?
Waiting for Break-up on Lake of the Woods
A collection of letters written by a mother to her family in 1966 as she waited, stranded at the cottage in spring, for the ice to break-up.