Thunder Bay, Ontario

Thunder Bay ({{coor dm|48|23|N|89|15|W|}}, time zone EST) is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the second largest city in Northern Ontario (2001 population 109,016http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-P.cfm?T=1&PR=35&SR=526&S=1&O=A; CMA 121,986http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CMA-P.cfm?T=1&PR=35&SR=26&S=1&O=A). The city takes its name from the immense bay at the head of Lake Superior, known on 18th century French maps as "Baie du Tonnerre". The city was formed in 1970 by the merger of the cities of Fort William, Ontario, Port Arthur, Ontario and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre. Its port forms an important link in the shipping of grain and other products from western Canada through the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway to the east coast. The city is often referred to as the Lakehead or Canadian Lakehead because of its location at the end of Great Lakes navigation.

Places of Interest

Thunder Bay's main tourist attraction is Fort William Historical Park (aka Old Fort William), a reconstruction of the North West Company's Fort William fur trade post as it was in 1815. Thunder Bay harbor in Thunder Bay North also draws visitors because of the beautiful view of the Sleeping Giant and the presence of various water craft. The Thunder Bay Marina includes an along-the-lake-walk, playground, harbour cruises, a children's museum, ice cream shop and Chinese/Canadian cuisine. Other tourists attractions are listed below. A 2.74 m (9 ft) statue of Terry Fox is situated outside the city near the place where he was forced to abandon his run.

Related Topics:
Fort William Historical Park - Sleeping Giant - 2.74 m - Statue - Terry Fox

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Unique restaurants include The Hoito, a Finnish restaurant known for its plate size Finnish pancakes and other Finnish foods, and the Persian Man, a coffee shop, that sells Persians (somewhat like a cross between a large cinnamon bun and a doughnut, covered in strawberry icing), a type of baked good unique to Thunder Bay.

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• Centennial Park
• Chippewa Amusement Park and Zoo
• Friendship Gardens
• Intercity Shopping Centre
• Kakabeka Falls
• Mount McKay Lookout
• Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame
• Ouimet Canyon east of the city
• Thunder Bay Art Gallery
• Thunder Bay Historical Museum
• Thunder Bay Marina