What is "kernahan"

Kernahan is a community in the city of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The community is centred at Victoria Lawn Cemetery. It is surrounded by Garden City Skyway to the north, Hartzel Road, Bunting Road to the west, and the Welland Canal to the east. The community has two parks; Kernahan Park and Douglas Park, and one school, Kernahan Park Secondary School, which closed in 2013.