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Big Thunder - frozen in time

Big Thunder - frozen in time(0)

November 11, 2009

Thunder Bay Ontario has hosted just one premier international sporting event in its illustrious history of sport. In 1995 the world came to Thunder Bay for the World Nordic Ski Championships, a celebration of the best athletes in ski jumping, cross country skiing and nordic combined.

Big Thunder - frozen in time
The Running of the Beargrease

The Running of the Beargrease

John Beargrease’s incredible dogsled postal deliveries in the late 1800’s are the stuff of legends. And almost every winter since 1981, this exciting slice of “living history’‘ is reawakened in the form of the John Beargrease Dog Sled Marathon.

An Interesting Canoe Trip - circa 1886

A canoe trip down the Kaministiquia River in a birch bark canoe.