Heritage & Culture.
Husky the Muskie — a 12-metre (40 ft) muskellunge sculpture in McLeod Park — was built for the Canadian Centennial in 1967 and steel-boned and rebuilt in 1995 by Ross Kehl / Perma Flex Systems. Across the harbourfront ribbon at Memorial Park, The Muse combines the Lake of the Woods Museum (established 1964) with the Douglas Family Art Centre at 300 Main Street South, and the Whitecap Pavilion and Lake of the Woods Discovery Centre sit on the same waterfront stretch.
The brief.
The downtown heritage-and-culture cluster runs along the Kenora harbourfront: McLeod Park (with Husky the Muskie and the Whitecap Pavilion) at one end, the Lake of the Woods Discovery Centre as the lake-interpretation anchor, and Memorial Park / The Muse — the combined Lake of the Woods Museum (founded 1964) and Douglas Family Art Centre at 300 Main Street South — at the other. Husky the Muskie is in McLeod Park year-round; The Muse and the Discovery Centre keep their full-season hours May through October.
The Whitecap Pavilion is a harbourfront market venue.
4. places.
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The Muse — Lake of the Woods Museum and Douglas Family Art Centre
Combined museum and art centre at Memorial Park, 300 Main Street South; the Lake of the Woods Museum was established in 1964.
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Husky the Muskie / McLeod Park
12-metre muskellunge sculpture built for the Canadian Centennial in 1967 (steel-boned and rebuilt in 1995); visual anchor of the Kenora harbourfront.
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Lake of the Woods Discovery Centre
Lake-interpretation centre on the harbourfront between McLeod Park and the marina.
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Whitecap Pavilion
Harbourfront market venue on the same waterfront ribbon.
Today's read.
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