Thunder Bay (Ontario)

Thunder Bay is an extensive diamond-shaped body of water surrounded by cliffs rising from to out of the lake. It is about long in a northeast-southwest direction, and about wide from northwest to southeast. Its eastern entrance is Thunder Cape, a prominent headland at the southern tip of Sibley Peninsula. Pie Island divides the mouth of the bay into 2 channels. Notable islands and island chains in the bay include: • Pie Island and nearby Flatland Island • Welcome Islands • Caribou Island Rivers emptying into the bay include the: • Kaministiquia River • Neebing River • McIntyre River • Current River • MacKenzie River (18 km east of the city) • Blende River • Wild Goose Creek • Blind Creek ==References==