Kenora Timber District

• Kenora Timber District

• Kenora Timber Agency

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.

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.

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

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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

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

Archivist(s):
Nancy Martin