| Unorganized Thunder Bay | |
| Official Name: | Thunder Bay, Unorganized |
| Settlement Type: | Unorganized area |
| Coordinates: | 50°N -88°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ontario |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Thunder Bay |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Leader Title: | Federal riding |
| Leader Name: | Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing Kenora Thunder Bay—Rainy River Thunder Bay—Superior North |
| Leader Title1: | Prov. riding |
| Leader Name1: | Algoma—Manitoulin Kenora—Rainy River Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North |
| Area Land Km2: | 97009.80 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| 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 |
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.
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.[1]
Population trend:[2]
Provincial parks in Unorganized Thunder Bay include:
It is also home to one National Park of Canada: Pukaskwa National Park.
Via Rail's The Canadian serves the Unorganized Thunder District at the communities of Mud River,[3] Ferland,[4] and Auden.[5]