The Inn has thirteen guest rooms – five in our original wing and eight brand new rooms in a traditional timber-frame constructed building. Our rooms are clean, comfortable and of exceptional value. We are pleased to offer all our guests non-smoking rooms, hi-speed Web, and a view of beautiful Lake of the Woods.

The Southview is a three-minute walk from Keewatin Beach, a lovely public park with sand beach and children’s play structure, grocery store, laundry and boat launch.

There are beautiful walking trails right behind the property for our guests to enjoy. Many other attractions are close by including the MS Kenora, a 190 passenger cruise ship that takes guests on a glorious tour of Lake of the Woods. Reservations can be made at the front desk. Great shopping can be found in Kenora, everything from larger stores to quaint little shops that are unique to the area.

The Lake of the Woods is what Kenora is known for and fishing is in abundance. Super 8 Kenora offers the avid fisherman or first timer, fishing packages both in the summer and winter. We can even arrange to have your fresh catch packaged on site.

If hunting is more your style, then the Super 8 Kenora can offer you a great time. We offer packages that include storage and abattoirs services.

After your day of shopping, sightseeing or exploring, come to Caseys Bar and Grill right next door to the property. Caseys is known for great food, great service and great fun. They would be happy to do take out or delivery to the front desk.

Whatever your motel needs may be, our friendly front desk professionals will be happy to make your visit to Kenora a memorable one. Super 8 Kenora See you along the way.

Northwoods Bed and Breakfast is also an authorized dealer for Aladdin, Gaudard and Harnisch Nautical oil lamps. Repair parts are available for all types of oil lamps. Antique oil lamps can be restored to working condition. In addition to oil lamps Northwoods is also a dealer for very unique replica period electric lighting.

Himalayan Handicrafts are another line of products offered at Northwoods. These products consist of Antique Tibetan Singing Bowls of all sizes, Tibetan and Napalese hand carved masks as well as highest quality natural Tibetan Theraputic Incense.

Products to Enhance Creativity, Wellness and Joy. In addition to our Tibetan products we also have in our gift shop a large selection of crystals, minerals, hand drums and hand crafted native wood flutes. The gift shop is open pretty well every day. Give us a call for more information.

Swimming in the summer, and snowmobiling or cross country skiing in the winter, on the lake – right outside our door. Of course fishing is bountiful year round. With lots to do in the area, you choose, relax or be active – or do both!  Fall boasts great hiking right in the area.

The Guest Rooms – White Pine Room hosts 2 queen sized beds with an ensuite bathroom with a steamer shower. The Shady Oak Room has a queen canopy bed and an ensuite with an oversized shower. The White Birch Room has a queen sized bed with a private bathroom with a tub/shower and use of soft white bathrobes.

Hot Homestyle Breakfast is served each morning with additional meals available with advanced reservations.

Lake of the Woods Bed & Breakfast is a great destination for an extraordinary getaway.

Each well-appointed room features high speed internet, free local and credit card calls, and a beautiful view. Upgrade yourself to business rooms which offer an oversize desk, recliner chair and extra amenities.

Waterside Restaurant and Lounge located on the 9th floor has a wonderful menu and view! Prime rib, chicken, fish, lamb are some of the wonderful menu choices. Meeting facilities on site. 2-200 we can accomodate. 6 meeting rooms and a great banquet menu. The staff at the Best Western Lakeside Inn are ready to ensure every guest has a comfortable and memorable stay.

Being quite blunt – there simply are not many Caucasian folk in this town who do not hold some level of racist sentiment towards everyone that isn’t Caucasian.

As is demonstrated by a Co-Ot Taxi cab ride I took.  Sitting in the minivan cab on the way home I was telling the bloke about where I’m from, and why I came to Canada.  I got to mentioning I lived on Ochiichagwe’Babigo’Ining reserve and that out of all of the rez communities I’ve been in – I have seen the highest proportion of beautiful women come from Wabaseemoong.

So the cab driver seemed to have taken that as a sign that I was racist  because the moron then started saying things like well except the one’s that are pregnant with multiple babies by different fathers, or drunks, or sleeping around which is most of the native chicks in Kenora.

What is the deal with this uneducated bullshit coming from supposed mature and civilised people?  Can a white Canadian person please explain this to me?

It just blows my mind that this town is mostly full of people who on the surface appear normal, but underneath are just a bunch of racist redneck no-brainers.

I bet if I had the means to strap all of the approximately 12,000 white people in this town to a polygraph and told them to deny they’d never said or thought anything racist – less than 0.5% would pass.

Unfortunately this is the town in which I am forced to raise my children.  Racism and jealousy from white people, anger and resentment from native people.

Read the comment kindly posted by Kat Beauchamp about a conversation heard in a dining establishment.  It basically sums up how disgusting race relations are in this town.

Kenora’s racial segregation isn’t any better than post-Apartheid South Africa.

In a town such as ours, where allegations of institutional and blatant racism from both the police and the town’s residents are rampant and have been going on for many years, it is no wonder that there are allegations and rumours of a racial motivation for the shooting.

Some people will obviously say that if the perpetrator had been a white woman, the police officer may have been more willing to try non-lethal methods such as her baton, or taser.  I’m not so prone to immediately allege racism, but I do have to wonder whether things would have turned out different if her race had been different.

According to a witness ‘Dina Mandamin’ in this video on CTV,  the story goes that Helen was under the influence whilst wielding a butter knife.  After making repeated attempts to slash her wrists, and an attempt by the investigating officer to snatch the knife away, the suspect apparently lunged at the officer who was forced to shoot.  If it wasn’t for this video on CTV I would probably accused the police of racism too but it is pretty hard to argue with an eye witness on video.

Attacking a police officer with a butter knife is a pretty stupid thing to do, under the influence or not.  So for once… it appears that this incident in which a First Nation person has got hurt by the police is not the latest in a long line of police brutality.

Every day I see traces of the feeling that’s running hidden but very close to the surface amongst Kenora’s population.

For instance with people queuing at a local establishment that serves alcohol, more than one person has seen them turn away native folk and let in a bunch of white chicks with blonde hair.

The bars ARE racially segregated. Native folk don’t go to Haps unless they’re cops or with a bunch of white people. White people don’t go to Shooter’s unless they’re teens, Haps is closed, or if there’s live entertainment. I’ve seen white cops off duty in Haps numerous times. The only time in 7 years I’ve seen them in Shooters is when they’re on duty.

Or sit down in McDonald’s around 0800hrs and listen to the old folk talk. Yapping on about hating natives.

I wish it would stop.

The first step is to get the non-native population to empathise and try to understand life as a native person in a white dominated culture. Most folk don’t realise that being born native specifically (as opposed to other minorities) in our society puts them at a disadvantage because of the prevalent prejudice, and makes life a struggle right from birth. If the non-native population started to actually care, and not just pay lip service to caring, then things would one day get better. Then I wouldn’t have to walk down the street seeing people I know are racist and wish a piano would fall on their head.