press release for Jan 18, 2007

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of   January 2007

Commission File Number 0-29586

 ENERNORTH INDUSTRIES INC. 

1 King Street West, Suite 1502, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 1A1, Canada
(Address of principal executive offices)


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F X   Form 40-F    

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Yes     No X   

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Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

Yes     No X    

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3- 2(b):
82- _________  

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

ENERNORTH INDUSTRIES INC. 

Date: January 18, 2006                                         By:____”Sandra J. Hall”____ ______
Sandra J. Hall,
President, Secretary & Director
 
 
 
 

 
 


[EnerNorth Industries Inc.
 

News Release 


EnerNorth’s Application for Leave to Appeal Denied by the Supreme Court of Canada

Toronto, Canada - January 18, 2007 - EnerNorth Industries Inc. (AMEX: ENY & Frankfurt Stock Exchange: EPW1) (www.enernorth.com) (“EnerNorth” or the “Company”) regrets to announce that the Supreme Court of Canada has denied the Company’s application for leave to appeal its ongoing litigation with Oakwell Engineering Limited of Singapore (“Oakwell”). EnerNorth will be required to satisfy a judgment in favour of Oakwell for approximately CDN $6.8 million in addition to the $1.5 million posted as security on September 7, 2006. The Company also has obligations to secured and unsecured creditors. In the process of satisfying such, all or substantially all of the assets of the Company may be sold or pledged. The Company has engaged Jennings Capital Inc. to assist the Company with a sale of its oil and gas assets.
 
EnerNorth is a junior oil and gas company carrying out operations through production, development and exploration of oil and gas in the Western Sedimentary Basin, Canada.

There are approximately 4.293 million shares issued and outstanding in the capital of the Company.

For further information contact:
Sandra Hall
President
Telephone: (416) 861-1484
 www.enernorth.com


Certain statements contained herein constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Reform Act”), which reflect the Company’s current expectations regarding the future results of operations, performance and achievements of the Company. The Company has tried, wherever possible, to identify these forward-looking statements by, among other things, using words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect” and similar expressions. These statements reflect the current beliefs of management of the Company, and are based on current available information. Accordingly, these statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these statements. (See the Company’s Annual Information Form and Annual Form 20 F for Risk Factors.) The Company is not obligated to update or revise these “forward-looking” statements to reflect new events or circumstances, unless required by securities law.









Suite 1502, 1 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 1A1 Telephone: 416 861-1484, Facsimile: 416 861-9623 www.enernorth.com