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Sleeping Giant on Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay, Ontario

Sleeping Giant

Profile of a sleeping person four kilometers long in 250-meter-high cliffs.
Porphyry Point Lighthouse at the entrance to Black Bay, Lake Superior

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Porphyry Point Lighthouse

Live your lighthouse keeper dreams at this unique lodging on a Canadian island.

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Terry Fox Monument

Honoring the adaptive athlete's Marathon of Hope.
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Silver Islet Mine

The site of one of the most profitable silver mines in the world, reclaimed by Lake Superior.
20 miles from Thunder Bay
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Silver Islet, Ontario

Silver Islet Cemetery

Carved wooden graves mark the plots at this cemetery in an old mining town.
20 miles from Thunder Bay
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Every curling club in Thunder Bay includes a Chinese restaurant.

The Canadian Town Where Chinese Food Comes With a Side of Curling

Regional Chinese-Canadian cuisine is flourishing in some unlikely places.
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July 17, 2019
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