Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay lies at the far northwestern point of the Great Lakes of North America. It is a transportation bridge between the rich agricultural Prairies of Canada and the rest of the world, via the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway which connects it to the Atlantic Ocean. Wikivoyage

Population 108,843 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Canada

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Canada
Daylight 8 h 21 in Dec, dark by 16:02 · 16 h 05 in Jun
  1. January: 8 h 46 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 14 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 51 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 40 of daylight
  5. May: 15 h 13 of daylight
  6. June: 16 h 05 of daylight
  7. July: 15 h 43 of daylight
  8. August: 14 h 21 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 37 of daylight
  10. October: 10 h 52 of daylight
  11. November: 9 h 14 of daylight
  12. December: 8 h 21 of daylight

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

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