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Three English-language stations supply Thunder Bay with free digital over-the-air television. Programming from the Global and CTV networks is provided by a locally owned twinstick operation branded as Thunder Bay Television, and the city receives TVOntario on channel 9.
The harbour at the City of Thunder Bay is Canada's westernmost port on the Great Lakes. [3] The Ojibwa called it Animikie, meaning "thunder". French explorers called it Baie du Tonnerre which was translated to Thunder Bay in English. [4] In 1871, the bay gave its name to the newly created Thunder Bay District, and in 1970, the amalgamated city ...
Joe Comuzzi (1933–), Conservative Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay—Superior North [34] James Conmee (born in Sydenham Township, Canada West ) (1848–1913), businessman, politician [ 35 ] Donald James Cowan (born in Drumbo, Blenheim Township, Oxford County, Ontario ) (1883–1964), mayor of Port Arthur, 1916–1917; Crown attorney for ...
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The Thunder Bay City Council is the governing body of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.It consists of a mayor and twelve councillors. The mayor and five of the councillors are elected at large, with one councillor being elected for each of the city's seven wards: Current River, McIntyre, McKellar, Neebing, Northwood, Red River, and Westfort. [1]
Thunder Bay District was created in 1871 by provincial statute from the western half of Algoma District, named after a large bay on the north shore of Lake Superior.Its northern and western boundaries were uncertain until Ontario's right to Northwestern Ontario was determined by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. [4]
Shuniah (/ ˈ ʃ uː n i ə /) is a municipal township bordering the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada on the east. Shuniah was incorporated by an act of the Ontario legislature in 1873, and at that time included much of present-day Thunder Bay and its predecessor and surrounding municipalities. [3]
Thunder Bay has a central location within Canada, and is located in the middle of the Trans-Canada Highway system, crossed by railways, and is the location of the largest outbound port on the St. Lawrence Seaway System [1] and the fifth busiest airport in Ontario by aircraft movements.