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KENNEBEC, ken' e bek, one of the principal 

 rivers of Maine, rising in Moosehead Lake and 

 flowing south into the Atlantic Ocean. Be- 

 cause of its fall of over one thousand feet 

 from source to mouth, this river furnishes 

 excellent water power to the cities situated on 

 its banks, among which are Augusta, the capi- 

 tal of the state, Waterville, Hallowell and 

 Bath. The Kennebec is between 150 and 160 

 miles in length, and is navigable for large 

 ships for about twelve miles above its mouth. 



KENORA, ken o' rah, formerly called Rat 

 Portage, a town in Western Ontario, the com- 

 mercial, industrial and governmental center 

 of the Kenora district. Kenora is at the north- 

 ern end of Lake of the Woods, at its outlet 

 into the Winnipeg River. It is on the main 

 line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, 293 miles 

 northwest of Fort William and 126 miles east 

 of Winnipeg, and is also served by steamers 

 which travel on Lake of the Woods and Rainy 

 River as far as Fort Frances. Kenora is one 

 of the most important lumbering centers in 

 Ontario, and has a number of large lumber 

 mills. Flour-milling is the only other large 

 industry. Kenora is a popular summer resort, 

 and the excellent fishing and hunting near by 

 make it a center for tourists and sportsmen. 

 The Roman Catholic and Anglican cathedrals, 

 the courthouse, hospital and fire-hall are note- 

 worthy buildings. The county court sits at 

 Kenora, and the telephone, light and water 

 systems are owned by the town. Population 

 in 1911, 6,158; in 1916, estimated, 7,000. 



KENOSHA, keno'sha, Wis., the county seat 

 of Kenosha County, is a manufacturing city 

 on the southwest shore of Lake Michigan. It 

 is in the extreme southeastern part of the 

 state, eight miles from the state line, thirty- 

 four miles south of Milwaukee and fifty-two 

 miles north of Chicago. The Chicago & North 

 Western Railroad, two interurban electric lines, 

 Sheridan Road (an automobile highway) and 

 freight and passenger steamboat lines connect 

 the city with Chicago and Milwaukee and 

 neighboring towns and ports. The population, 

 which in 1910 was 21,371, increased to 31,576 

 (Federal estimate) in 1916, and includes a rep- 

 resentation of Germans, Scandinavians and 

 Slavs. The area is nearly three square miles. 



The city is attractively situated on high 

 bluffs overlooking a splendid harbor. The cli- 

 mate is unusually fine, and the place is a 

 favorite local summer resort. Prominent fea- 

 tures of the city are the Federal building, 

 erected in 1914 at a cost of $75,000, the Gil- 



bert M. Simmons public library, containing 

 30,000 volumes in 1916, and Kemper Hall, a 

 Protestant Episcopal school for girls. A con- 

 tinuation school, a part of the public school 

 system, is conducted for apprentices in shops. 



About 12,000 people are employed in the 

 local factories, whose annual output is valued 

 at $32,000,000. The principal products are 

 automobiles, automobile lamps, brass, steel and 

 iron beds, hosiery, underwear, typewriters, 

 leather and furniture. 



A settlement at this place in 1832 was first 

 called Southport, and under that name was 

 organized in 1842. It was chartered in 1850 

 as the city of Kenosha. 



KENSINGTON GARDENS, a fashionable 

 recreation park in London, in the borough of 

 Kensington. The gardens were laid out in the 

 time of Queen Anne, but at that early date 

 contained only about twenty-five acres and 

 were really no more than the grounds attached 

 to Kensington Palace (see below). From time 

 to time they have been added to, and at pres- 

 ent they have an area of almost 300 acres. 

 Many of the trees that shade the walks are of 

 great age, and these constitute the chief beauty 

 of the Gardens. 



Kensington Palace, a royal mansion in Ken- 

 sington Gardens, famous chiefly as the birth- 

 place of Queen Victoria and as her residence at 

 the time she was roused from her sleep to learn 

 that she was queen of England. It belonged 

 originally to the Earl of Nottingham, but was 

 bought from him by William III, who added to 

 it and made extensive alterations, Sir Chris- 

 topher Wren planning and superintending these. 

 William, his wife Mary, Anne and George II 

 died in Kensington Palace. 



KENT, JAMES (1763-1847), an American 

 jurist, whose famous Commentaries on Ameri- 

 can Law, published between 1826 and 1830, 

 has had a permanent influence upon Ameri- 

 can legal practice and legislative principles. 

 Kent was born at Fredericksburg, N. Y. After 

 his graduation from Yale College, in 1781, he 

 studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 

 1787. In 1793 he became professor of law at 

 Columbia College, and later rose from justice 

 of the supreme court of New York to be chan- 

 cellor of the state. In 1823 he retired from 

 the bench, but continued his private practice 

 for many years. It is by his monumental 

 Commentaries, however, that he will be long- 

 est remembered, as this work has not yet been 

 superseded by any American exposition of legal 

 principles. 



