Kenora Timber District

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Kenora Timber District

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Kenora Timber District

    Other form(s) of name

    • Kenora Timber Agency

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1889-1934

    History

    The Kenora Timber District (known as the Rat Portage Agency until 1905) was established within the Ontario Department of Crown Lands in 1889. The District headquarters were located in Rat Portage (later Kenora).

    The District was headed by a Crown Timber Agent who reported to the Department through the Woods and Forests Branch. William Margach, the first provincial Crown Timber Agent at Kenora, was appointed in 1882 prior to the formal establishment of the timber district. Margach was replaced in 1921 by John Legris who served as Acting Crown Timber Agent until his replacement that same year by J.D.C. Smith.

    The Kenora Timber District ceased to exist in 1934 when the province's timber districts were incorporated into the Department of Lands and Forests district field organization.

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    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Kenora Timber District supervised timber operations in the north western region of Ontario. It administered the various timber regulations and Acts on behalf of Ontario government, reviewed timber license applications, issued licenses, recorded limits and sales, arbitrated disputes, collected ground rents and dues, and supervised wood rangers.

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    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Crown Lands (1867-1905)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA49

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Crown Lands controls Kenora Timber District

    Dates of relationship

    1889-1905

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Mines (1905-1906)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA50

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Mines controls Kenora Timber District

    Dates of relationship

    1905-1906

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Lands, Forests and Mines (1906-1920)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA51

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Lands, Forests and Mines controls Kenora Timber District

    Dates of relationship

    1906-1920

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests (1920-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA52

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests controls Kenora Timber District

    Dates of relationship

    1920-1934

    Description of relationship

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    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1279

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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      Script(s)

        Sources

        Renewing Nature's Wealth, Richard S. Lambert, 1967

        Maintenance notes

        Not found in Canadiana Authorities, 2000-05-01.

        Archivist(s):
        Nancy Martin