Thunder Bay
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Thun·der Bay
A city of southwest Ontario, Canada, on Thunder Bay, an inlet on the northwest shore of Lake Superior. A major port and industrial center, it was created in 1970 by the amalgamation of the twin cities of Port Arthur and Fort William. Population: 109,000.
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Thunder Bay
City (pop., 2001: 109,016), west-central Ontario, Canada. It is located on the northwestern shore of Lake Superior. Its first settlement was a French fur-trading post 1678. In the 1870s and '80s silver strikes and the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway brought prosperity to the twin towns of Port Arthur and Fort William that had grown up there. Their rivalry was resolved with the unification of their harbour facilities in 1906; the towns merged in 1970 and created the city of Thunder Bay. It is one of Canada's busiest ports, with grain storage and transshipment depots; other industries include shipbuilding.
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Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay, city (1991 pop. 113,946), SW Ont., Canada, on Thunder Bay inlet of Lake Superior. The city was created in 1970 by the amalgamation of the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur and two adjoining townships. It is one of Canada's major ports, shipping wheat, lumber, coal, and iron ore. The city has shipyards, grain elevators, lumber and pulp and paper mills, breweries, and an oil refinery. Manufactures include structural steel, buses, trucks, aircraft, and chemical products. Port Arthur, originally a military post, was founded in the late 19th cent. Fort William was built by the North West Company in 1801 to serve as its western headquarters. It was the site of a fur-trading post built in 1679 and of Fort Kaministikwia, built by the French in 1717 and later abandoned. Kakabeka Falls, nearby, is a source of water power. Lakehead Univ. is located there.
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Fort William
Highland. The fortress was originally built in (1655) then rebuilt in (1690) as a garrison and named after the reigning monarch, William III ((1650 — 1702)). The Gaelic name is An Gearasdan, compare Fort George.
| Fort George, Fort Augustus, Forston | |
| Forteviot, Forthampton, Forton |
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Thunder Bay (electoral district)
Thunder Bay was a federal electoral district in the northwestern part of the province of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979.
This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Fort William, Kenora—Rainy River and Port Arthur ridings.
It consisted of the eastern part of the territorial district of Rainy River; (b) the territorial district of Thunder Bay excluding the Cities of Fort William and Port Arthur and the Townships of Aldina, Blake, Crooks, Devon, Fraleigh, Gillies, Hartington, Lismore, Lybster, Marks, Neebing, O'Connor, Paipoonge, Pardee, Pearson, Scoble, Strange, Adrian, Blackwell, Conmee, Forbes, Fowler, Goldie, Gorham, Horne, Jacques, Laurie, MacGregor, McIntyre, McTavish, Oliver, Sackville, Sibley and Ware; the southeastern part of the territorial district of Kenora; part of the Patricia Portion of the territorial district of Kenora; and the western part of the territorial district of Algoma.
The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Cochrane North, Kenora—Rainy River, Thunder Bay—Atikokan and Thunder Bay—Nipigon ridings.
Electoral history
| Canadian federal election, 1968 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | B. Keith PENNER | 9,540 | |||
| New Democratic Party | Douglas M. SLY | 6,081 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | George C. WARDROPE | 4,904 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1972 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Keith PENNER | 11,048 | |||
| New Democratic Party | Ike MUTCH | 6,309 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Harvey SMITH | 5,095 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1974 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Keith PENNER | 11,435 | |||
| New Democratic Party | Carson HOY | 5,475 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Berek KADIKOFF | 4,021 | |||
See also
External links
- Website of the Parliament of Canada
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