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Husky the Muskie is the nickname of a 40-foot-tall (12 m) outdoor sculpture depicting a muskellunge in Kenora, Ontario's McLeod Park. [1] The first Husky was constructed in 1967 as a potential Canadian Centennial project by Jules Horvath and Bob Selway from Deluxe Signs and Displays under the direction of the Kenora Chamber of Commerce.
Muskellunge are found in oligotrophic and mesotrophic lakes and large rivers from northern Michigan, northern Wisconsin, and northern Minnesota through the Great Lakes region, Chautauqua Lake in western New York, north into Canada, throughout most of the St Lawrence River drainage, and northward throughout the upper Mississippi valley, although the species also extends as far south as ...
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Tweed had a population of 6,067 living in 2,591 of its 3,042 total private dwellings, a change of 0.4% from its 2016 population of 6,044. With a land area of 918.61 km 2 (354.68 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.6/km 2 (17.1/sq mi) in 2021. [10]
A relationship based on 27 populations of tiger muskie from 9 states was used to develop a specific equation for tiger muskie and computed that c = 0.00008035 and b = 3.337. [15] This relationship predicts that a 84 cm (33 in) tiger muskie will weigh about 4.5 kg (10 lb) , and a 120 cm (47 in) tiger muskie will weigh about 14 kg (30 lb).
This march became widely referred to as Canada's first civil rights march. [17] Husky the Muskie. In 1967, the year of the Canadian Centennial, Kenora erected a sculpture known as Husky the Muskie. It has become the town's mascot and one of its most recognizable features. [1] A dramatic bank robbery took place in Kenora on May 10, 1973.
(Forest Lake is spelled with two "R"s on local maps but only one at the Atlas of Canada). Fishing is a popular activity in the summer. Species caught in these lakes include walleye (sometimes known locally as pickerel), muskellunge (muskie), pike, smallmouth bass and lake trout.
Canada portal: The following is a list of common fish species known to occur in the lakes and rivers of Canada. Order Petromyzontiformes (lampreys) Family ...
Muskowekwan First Nation (Ojibwe: Mashkawigwaning) [2] is a Saulteaux First Nation who inhabit approximately 100 km northwest of Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada. As of May, 2008, the First Nation has 1,517 registered people, of which their on-reserve population was 400. [3]