Thunder Bay ON Ontario Canada, Lake Superior
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Frequently Asked Questions
At the Pool 6 wharf, on a former grain elevator site, a short distance from the waterfront park and the marina.
The headland closing the harbour, whose profile reads unmistakably as a reclining figure with arms folded on its chest. It is the city's emblem and the first sight offered to passengers reaching the Canadian shore of Lake Superior.
Fort William Historical Park is the headline excursion and easily fills half a day. The fort and Kakabeka Falls are each about thirty minutes' drive away; organized excursions remain the simplest way to reach them.
A reconstruction of the North West Company's great fur trading post on the Kaministiquia River, as it hummed in the early 19th century. More than forty rebuilt buildings, costumed interpreters, craft workshops, a farm and an Anishinaabe encampment.
A cascade that drops the Kaministiquia River over a cliff some forty metres high, west of the city, into a gorge overlooked by boardwalks. They are nicknamed the Niagara of the North.
A memorial on the shoreline road honouring the young man who had to end his Marathon of Hope here in 1980. The esplanade offers one of the broadest views over the harbour and the stone sleeper.
Yes. The provincial park protects 244 square kilometres of forest, cliffs and trails on the peninsula closing the bay. Lookouts and hiking routes reveal the lake from every angle; the ridges are among the highest escarpments in Ontario.
Amethysts mined in the nearby hills, a classic regional souvenir sold in several shops. For flavours: wild berries, lake fish and Finnish pastries.
Because the city's Finnish community is one of the largest in the country, a legacy of the Nordic immigrants who shaped it. Their traditional pancakes are still served at a few local institutions.
A windproof jacket in any season: Lake Superior makes its own weather, with storms of oceanic reputation and cold water even in summer.
