Kenora Shoppers Mall

Lake of the Woods Brewing Company Taproom, operating its craft brewery tasting room inside the Kenora Shoppers Mall at Lakeview Drive in Kenora, Ontario, the small city on Lake of the Woods near the Manitoba border in Northwestern Ontario, gives the property a commercially distinctive artisan brewing identity whose presence inside an enclosed community mall reflects the Kenora tourism and outdoor recreation economy’s integration of craft hospitality with everyday retail. Lake of the Woods Sunrise Soap Company and Spirit Oak Tea Company give the property artisan soap and specialty tea identities specific to the Lake of the Woods natural landscape and northern Ontario botanical harvest culture. Harbourfront Oil and Vinegar serves the specialty artisan food category. HAF Art Studio and Gallery gives the property a community fine arts and local artists identity.

Boreal Paddle and Apparel serves the canoe and paddle sports gear and outdoor lifestyle apparel category for the Lake of the Woods recreational household. Shoppers Drug Mart serves the pharmacy and daily personal care category. Red Apple Stores serves the discount variety and general merchandise category. Taggs Source for Sports serves the sporting goods category. Elizabeth Campbell Books gives the property an independent bookshop identity. Refill’er Up Lake of the Woods Refillery gives the property a zero-waste and eco lifestyle identity. Johnson’s Pharmacy and Tilley’s Pharmasave give the property independent community pharmacy identities alongside Shoppers Drug Mart. Northern Sounds and Systems serves the electronics retail category.

The property’s commercial role in Northwestern Ontario is the Kenora Lakeview Drive community mall: a Shoppers Drug Mart-anchored daily-needs format whose Lake of the Woods Brewing Company taproom artisan hospitality, Spirit Oak Tea-Sunrise Soap artisan identity, and Boreal Paddle outdoor lifestyle floor give the Kenora and Treaty 3 area catchment a community retail destination whose independent operator concentration reflects the commercial culture of a tourism and outdoor recreation city on one of Northwestern Ontario’s most distinctive lake systems.