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Thunder Bay summary
Thunder Bay (2006 census population 109,140), formerly the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur, is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay
District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario, and the second most populous in Northern Ontario after
Greater Sudbury. The census metropolitan area of Thunder Bay has a population of 122,907, and consists of the city of Thunder Bay, the municipalities
of Oliver Paipoonge and Neebing, the townships of Shuniah, Conmee, O'Connor and Gillies and the Fort William First Nation.
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European settlement in the region began in the late 1600s with a French fur trading outpost on the banks of the Kaministiquia River. The city was
formed in 1970 by the merger of the cities of Fort William, Port Arthur and the geographic townships of Neebing and McIntyre. Its port forms an
important link in the shipping of grain and other products from western Canada through the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway to the east
coast. Forestry and manufacturing play important roles in the city's economy, but with their decline in recent years they are being replaced by a
"knowledge economy" based on medical research and education.
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The city takes its name from the immense bay at the head of Lake Superior, known on 18th century French maps as "Baie du Tonnerre". The city is
often referred to as the Lakehead or Canadian Lakehead because of its location at the end of Great Lakes navigation.
The rising cost of electricity in Ontario has threatened the viability of primary industries in the region, resulting in the laying off of workers
at pulp and saw mills. The grain trade has declined because of the loss of grain transportation subsidies and the loss of European markets. The
gradual transition from shipping by train and boat to shipping by truck, and the free trade agreement with the United States have ended Thunder
Bay's privileged position as a linchpin in Canadian east-west freight-handling trade. As a result the city has lost its traditional raison d'être
as a break-bulk point, and the city is in economic decline.
In an effort to rejuvenate its economy, the city has been actively working to attract quaternary or "knowledge-based" industries, primarily in the
fields of molecular medicine and genomics. The city is home to the western campus of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, the first medical
school to open in Canada in a generation.
As the largest city in Northwestern Ontario, Thunder Bay is the region's commercial, administrative and medical centre. Many of the city's largest
single employers are in the public sector. The City of Thunder Bay, the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, the Lakehead District School
Board and the Government of Ontario each employ over 1,500 people. Bowater Forest Products is the largest private employer, employing over 1500
people. Other major employers in the forestry sector include Abitibi-Consolidated and Buchanan Forest Products. Bombardier Transportation operates
a plant in Thunder Bay which manufactures mass transit vehicles and equipment, employing approximately 800 people.
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