A big increase in tourist traffic in Kenora last summer.
The Lake of the Woods Development Commission has released its year-end figures for 2012 and its shows the number of visitors at the Discovery Center almost doubled.
Mort Goss is vice-chair of the Commission and says that's a big economic impact on the city.
The final figures show over 20 thousand visitors signed in at either the Discovery Center
or the Thistle Pavillion, up from 13 thousand 800 the year before.