1 visitthunderbay c om tr ade his t ory t o lif e get on the big lak e try a boat t our or fshing chart er or jus t a day at the beach e xpl or e a tr ail try mount ain biking at Shuniah Mines or hiking at Sl eeping Giant Pr o vincial P ark fnish y our days of adv enturing with a good meal and a tr aditional Finnish sauna one of my per sonal f av ourit e ways t o r elax Y ouv e chosen a gr eat y ear t o visit Thr oughout 2020 w e will be c el ebr ating our 50th anniv er sary as one city with special e v ents and c er emonies Betw een this magazine and visitthunderbay c om y ou will fnd all of the inf ormation y ou need t o plan y our trip W el c ome t o Thunder Bay join us as w e c el ebr at e One City Fifty Y ear s w e c ant wait t o shar e our gr eat city with y ou Sinc er el y May or Bill Maur o City of Thunder Bay thunderbay c a MA Y OR BILL MA UR O WEL COMES Y OU At the head of the Gr eat Lak es the cities of P ort Arthur and F ort William had gr o wn al ongside each other as neighbour s f or nearl y a c entury But as the cl ock s truck midnight t o w el c ome in the ne w y ear 1970 the tw o cities joined t o bec ome one and a ne w c ommunity was born the city of Thunder Bay t aking its name fr om the bay betw een the city and its mos t f amous landmark the Sl eeping Giant An urban c entr e in a wildernes s par adise Thunder Bay is the lar ges t city on Lak e Superior and the gat e way t o Northw es t ern Ont ario It r eall y is incr edibl e what w e hav e her e mount ains cliffs lak es wat erf alls c any ons and an inland sea surr ound a vibr ant city that is home t o a multicultur al c ommunity with an art gall ery with one o f the lar ges t c oll ections of w oodland art in Canada the onl y pr of es sional theatr e c ompany betw een Sudbury and Winnipeg and the onl y pr of es sional symphony in all of Northern Ont ario It also has a culinary sc ene that riv als anything y ou will fnd in much lar ger cities Whether w e ar e y our ultimat e des tination or y ou ar e pas sing thr ough on a Lak e Superior Cir cl e T our or a Cr os sCanada adv entur e ther e ar e a f e w things y ou mus t do whil e y our e her e visit Mount McKay on F ort William Fir s t Nation the sc enic l ook out off er s unpar all el ed vie ws of the city and the Sl eeping Giant visit F ort William His t oric al P ark this livinghis t ory sit e brings our fur w elcome It r eall y is incr edib le w hat w e ha v e her e mountains clif fs lak es w aterf alls can y ons and an inland sea sur r ound a vibr ant city Sc ott MacKay Goh Ir omot o