Unorganized Thunder Bay District

{{Use Canadian English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Unorganized Thunder Bay | official_name = Thunder Bay, Unorganized | settlement_type = Unorganized area | nickname = | motto = | image_skyline = Lake Superior 2.jpg | image_caption = Sleeping Giant Provincial Park | image_map = Unorg Thunder Bay.png | mapsize = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | coordinates = {{coord|50|00|N|88|00|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Ontario | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Thunder Bay | established_title = Settled | established_date = | government_type = | leader_title = Federal ridings | leader_name = Kenora—Kiiwetinoong Thunder Bay—Rainy River Thunder Bay—Superior North | leader_title1 = Prov. ridings | leader_name1 = Algoma—Manitoulin Kiiwetinoong Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = 97009.80 | area_water_km2 = | area_footnotes = <ref name=cp16/> | population_as_of = 2016 | population_footnotes = <ref name=cp16>{{SCref |year=2016 |unit=csd |code={{#property:P3012}}}}</ref> | population_total = 5872 | population_density_km2 = 0.1 | timezone1 = Eastern | utc_offset1 = -05:00 | timezone1_DST = EDT | utc_offset1_DST = -04:00 | timezone1_location = East of 90° west | timezone2 = Central | utc_offset2 = -06:00 | timezone2_DST = CDT | utc_offset2_DST = -05:00 | timezone2_location = West of 90° west | postal_code_type = Postal Code FSA | postal_code = P0T | area_code = 807 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Unorganized Thunder Bay District''' is an unorganized area in northwestern Ontario, Canada in Thunder Bay District. It comprises all parts of the district that are not part of an incorporated municipality or a First Nations reserve.

Most of the territory is within the Eastern Time Zone, but the part west of the 90th meridian is in the Central Time Zone.

== Geography == === Communities with Local services board === *Armstrong *East Gorham *Hurkett *Kaministiquia *Lappe *Rossport *Shebandowan

===Other communities=== {{Div col|colwidth=26em}} *Auden *Burchell Lake *Collins *English River (on boundary with Kenora District) *Finmark *Hemlo *Heron Bay *Kashabowie *Nolalu *Ombabika *Pays Plat *Raith *Savant Lake *Shabaqua *Shabaqua Corners *Silver Islet *Silver Mountain *Sorrell Lake *Suomi *Upsala {{Div col end}}

==History== Gold was noted in the area since 1869, but it wasn't until Peter Moses from Heron Bay, Ontario discovered additional gold that prospectors flocked to the area. In 1947, Dr. J. Williams and Moses staked 11 claims, which became the Lake Superior Mining Corporation. However, not much development took place until 1979, when Don and David McKinnon, along with John Larche, staked claims in Hemlo and the Manitouwadge area. The Williams Mine started operation in 1985, and produced 445,320 ounces of gold from a 2.45 meter wide ore body. The Golden Giant Mine produced 446,858 ounces in 1994 from a quartz sericite schist host rock. The David Bell Mines produced 204,251 ounces in 1994. The Hemlo gold mines had produced more than 6,000,000 ounces of gold by 1992.<ref name="Barnes1">{{cite book|last1=Barnes|first1=Michael|title=Gold in Ontario|date=1995|publisher=The Boston Mills Press|location=Erin|isbn=155046146X|pages=91–94}}</ref>

==Demographics== {{Canada census | location = Thunder Bay, Unorganized | 2016_population = 5872 | 2016_pop_delta=-0.6 | 2016_land_area=97009.80 | 2016_pop_density=0.1 | 2016_median_age = 51.4 | 2016_median_age_m=52.0 | 2016_median_age_f=50.9 | 2016_total_pvt_dwell = 6130 | 2016_mean_hh_income=70,886 | 2016_access_date=2021-05-12 | 2011_population = 5909 | 2011_pop_delta=-10.3 | 2011_land_area=97007.34 | 2011_pop_density=0.1 | 2011_median_age = | 2011_median_age_m= | 2011_median_age_f= | 2011_total_pvt_dwell = 5782 | 2011_mean_hh_income= | 2011_access_date=2012-02-10 | 2006_population = 6585 | 2006_pop_delta=5.8 | 2006_land_area=97000.41 | 2006_pop_density=0.1 | 2006_median_age = 44.7 | 2006_median_age_m=45.2 | 2006_median_age_f=44.1 | 2006_total_pvt_dwell = 6655 | 2006_mean_hh_income=59,153 | 2006_access_date=2011-04-18 | 2001_population = 6223 | 2001_pop_delta=-4.8 | 2001_land_area=97063.48 | 2001_pop_density=0.1 | 2001_median_age = 39.9 | 2001_median_age_m=40.9 | 2001_median_age_f=39.0 | 2001_total_pvt_dwell = 6007 | 2001_mean_hh_income=53,114 | 2001_access_date=2011-04-18 }}

Population trend:<ref>Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census</ref> * Population in 2011: 5909 * Population in 2006: 6585 * Population in 2001: 6223 * Population in 1996: 8460 (or 6534 when adjusted to 2001 boundaries) ** Land area: {{convert|105454.69|km2}} * Population in 1991: 8168

==Parks in Unorganized Thunder Bay== Provincial parks in Unorganized Thunder Bay include: * Albany River Provincial Park * Kopka River Provincial Park * Neys Provincial Park * Rainbow Falls Provincial Park * Sleeping Giant Provincial Park * Steel River Provincial Park * Wabakimi Provincial Park

It is also home to one National Park of Canada: Pukaskwa National Park.

==Transportation==

Via Rail's ''The Canadian'' serves the Unorganized Thunder District at the communities of '''Flindt Landing''',<ref>{{cite web |title=Flindt Landing train station {{!}} VIA Rail |url=https://www.viarail.ca/en/explore-our-destinations/stations/ontario/flindt-landing |website=www.viarail.ca |publisher=Via Rail |access-date=4 November 2024 |language=en-ca}}</ref> '''Mud River''',<ref>{{cite web |title=Mud River train station {{!}} VIA Rail |url=http://www.viarail.ca/en/stations/ontario/mud-river |website=www.viarail.ca |access-date=29 March 2024 |language=en-ca}}</ref> '''Ferland''',<ref>{{cite web |title=Ferland train station {{!}} VIA Rail |url=http://www.viarail.ca/en/stations/ontario/ferland |website=www.viarail.ca |language=en-ca}}</ref> and '''Auden'''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Auden train station {{!}} VIA Rail |url=http://www.viarail.ca/en/stations/ontario/auden |website=www.viarail.ca |access-date=29 March 2024 |language=en-ca}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

== External links == {{Commons category-inline}}

{{Geographic location | North = {{nowrap|Osnaburgh 63A,}} {{nowrap|Osnaburgh 63B,}} {{nowrap|Unorganized Kenora}} | West = {{nowrap|Unorganized Kenora,}} {{nowrap|Unorganized Rainy River }} | Centre = Unorganized Thunder Bay {{nobold|{{small|(surrounds Armstrong, Aroland 83, Greenstone, Gull River 55, Lac des Mille Lacs 22A1, Lac des Mille Lacs 22A2, Manitouwadge, Ojibway Nation of Saugeen, Pic Mobert North, Pic Mobert South, Pic River 50, Red Rock 53, Rocky Bay 1 and Whitesand)}}}} | Northeast = {{nowrap|Unorganized North Cochrane}} | East = {{nowrap|Unorganized North Algoma,}} {{nowrap|White River,}} {{nowrap|Ginoogaming First Nation}} | South = Neebing, Gillies, O'Connor, Conmee, {{nowrap|Oliver Paipoonge,}} {{nowrap|Thunder Bay,}} Shuniah, Dorion, {{nowrap|Red Rock,}} Nipigon, {{nowrap|Lake Helen 53A,}} Schreiber, {{nowrap|Pays Plat 51,}} {{nowrap|Terrace Bay,}} Marathon {{nowrap|''Lake Superior''}} | Southwest = {{nowrap|''Rainy River''}} {{nowrap|{{flagicon|US}}{{flagicon|MN}} Cook County}} }}

Category:Geography of Thunder Bay District Thunder Bay Category:Populated places on Lake Superior in Canada