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Thunder Bay & surrounding Ontario
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THUNDER
BAY city, is the seat of Thunder Bay District, NW
Ontario, on Thunder Bay (an arm of Lake Superior);
inc. 1970 with the amalgamation of the cities of
Fort William  (inc.
1907) and Port Arthur (inc. 1906) and the townships
of Neebing and McIntyre. Situated in an agricultural,
lumbering, mining, and fishing region, Thunder Bay
is a major port, with extensive grain storage facilities,
and it is a commercial and manufacturing center.
Products include paper, lumber, chemicals, transportation
and farming equipment, metal goods, and building
materials. Tourism plays an important part in the
city's economy. Thunder Bay is the site of Lakehead
University (1965) and Old Fort William, a recreation
of the fortress as it was in 1806. Population (1986)
112,272.
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| THINGS TO DO IN THUNDER BAY |
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Visit Old Fort William, Paipoonge Museum, Northwestern
Ontario Sports Hall of Fame, Thunder Bay Historical Museum,
and The Children's Museum.
* Tour four unique provincial parks: Sleeping Giant, Kakabeka
Falls, Ouimet Canyon, Middle Falls. * Explore an amethyst
mine.
* Explore and Tour Canada's only Agate Mine A very rare
opporunity.
* Examine art at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery and Definitely
Superior Gallery.
* Experience the Terry Fox Monument.
* Golf on any of seven scenic and challenging courses.
* Workout at the Canada Games Complex. * Enjoy Centennial
Park, Boulevard Park,Chippewa Park,
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Participate in a winter sport: downhill skiing, tubing,
cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, ice skating, snowshoeing,
tobogganing, dog sledding, ice-climbing, snowboarding
* Thunder Bay fishing Festival, the Canadian Lakehead
Exhibition, Folklore Festival and the Northern Lights
Winter Carnival.
* Go to a play by Magnus Theatre, the Cambrian Players
or Masterfeast Dinner Theatre.
* See top entertainers at the renowned Thunder Bay Community
Auditorium.
* Listen to music of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra
or the Summer in the Park Series
* Mountain bike, scuba dive, hike, rock climb, river rafting,
race car driving, canoe, kayak, cycle, rollerblade, sail |
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