Thunder Bay (bay on Lake Superior)

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bay geographic feature

Thunder Bay is a large, semi-circular bay on the north shore of Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada, known for its historic shipping activity and proximity to the city of Thunder Bay.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
(Thunder Bay) 1
Thunder Bay (bay on Lake Superior) canonical 1
Thunder Bay on Lake Superior 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay ⓘ
geographic feature ⓘ
adjacentTo Fort William ⓘ
surface form: Fort William (former city)

City of Port Arthur ⓘ
surface form: Port Arthur (former city)

Thunder Bay ⓘ
surface form: city of Thunder Bay
basinCountry Canada ⓘ
borderedBy Sibley Peninsula to the east ⓘ
mainland shore near Thunder Bay to the west ⓘ
climate humid continental climate region ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
etymology named for frequent thunderstorms observed in the area ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Ontario ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Thunder Bay ⓘ
hasNearbyIslandGroup Welcome Islands ⓘ
hasNearbyPromontory Thunder Cape ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Pass Lake, Ontario ⓘ
hasPart Caribou Island (Thunder Bay) ⓘ
Edward Island Provincial Park vicinity ⓘ
Flatland Island ⓘ
Pie Island ⓘ
Spar Island ⓘ
Thunder Cape ⓘ
Welcome Islands ⓘ
hasPort Port of Thunder Bay ⓘ
knownFor grain shipping ⓘ
historic shipping activity ⓘ
lake freighter traffic ⓘ
locatedIn Lake Superior ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Ontario ⓘ
locatedInRegion Northern Ontario ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Nipigon Bay region ⓘ
mouth of Kaministiquia River ⓘ
locatedOn north shore of Lake Superior ⓘ
locatedOnShoreOf Lake Superior ⓘ
namedAfter Thunder Bay ⓘ
surface form: Thunder Bay, Ontario
near Sibley Peninsula ⓘ
Sleeping Giant Provincial Park ⓘ
partOf Great Lakes region ⓘ
surface form: Great Lakes Basin

Lake Superior North Shore ⓘ
surface form: Lake Superior north shore
shape semi-circular ⓘ
usedFor commercial shipping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
waterBody Lake Superior ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thunder Bay → namedAfter → Thunder Bay (bay on Lake Superior) ⓘ
Sibley Peninsula → overlooks → Thunder Bay (bay on Lake Superior) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thunder Bay on Lake Superior
Caribou Island (Thunder Bay) → hasQualifier → Thunder Bay (bay on Lake Superior) ⓘ
this entity surface form: (Thunder Bay)