Current River
Looking south at Boulevard Lake
Population 4,780	Ward Current River
Location of Current River in Thunder Bay

Current River is a neighbourhood located north east of Port Arthur in the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Port Arthur Ontario, was a city in Northern Ontario which amalgamated with Fort William Ontario and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the City of Thunder Bay ( 2006 census population 109140 formerly the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur, is a City in and the seat of Thunder Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec It is separated from the main urban area of Thunder Bay by the Current River Greenway, a large parkland along the river after which the neighbourhood was named. The Current River Greenway is a 263 hectare (650 acre greenway located in the north end of Thunder Bay Ontario along the Current River. The Current River is a river in Northwestern Ontario, Canada which empties into Lake Superior. It is home to approximately 4,780 people and has an ageing and declining population. Population decline is the reduction over time in a region's Census. ^[1]

Current River is located entirely in Current River Ward and is represented on Thunder Bay City Council by Andrew Foulds. The Thunder Bay City Council is the governing body of the City of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Economy 4 Transportation 5 Education 6 Recreation 7 References

History

Development of Current River began after World War II, and many homes in the neighbourhood are "Victory Homes", a post-war building style that allowed fast manufacture of single-family dwellings. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Development in the neighbourhood progressed northward, and as one travels further north Victory Homes become less common, being replaced with more contemporary building styles. A small cluster of highrise apartments is located beside an outcrop of the Canadian Shield in the southernmost portion of the residential neighbourhood, and offers its residents a view of the Current River Greenway and Thunder Bay. A high-rise is a tall Building or structure Normally the function of the building is added for example high-rise Apartment building or Outcrop is a geological term referring to the appearance of Bedrock or Superficial deposits exposed at the surface of the Earth The Canadian Shield &mdash also called the Laurentian Plateau, or Bouclier Canadien (French &mdash is a large geological shield covered by Thunder Bay is a large bay at the western end of Lake Superior.

Geography

Current River is located in the northeast portion of Thunder Bay. It is located east of the Current River and Boulevard Lake and north of Lake Superior. The Current River is a river in Northwestern Ontario, Canada which empties into Lake Superior. The land inclines as one travels north from the Lake Superior and west from Hodder Avenue.

Economy

Along the shores of Lake Superior to the south and east of the neighbourhood is an abundance of industries. Lake Superior is the largest of the five Great Lakes of North America. Separated from the main neighbourhood by Hodder Avenue and the CP and CN mainlines is the Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company (PASCO) drydock and shipyard, which has been operating since 1909,^[2] and the Thunder Bay Fine Papers mill, formerly Cascades. The Canadian Pacific Railway ( A drydock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform Shipyards and dockyards are places which repair and build ships These can be Yachts military Cascades Inc ( is a Canadian company based in Kingsey Falls, Quebec involved in the production converting and marketing of packaging products Further east is the abandoned Smurfit-Stone factory, and the Bare Point water treatment plant which is the main source of drinking water in Thunder Bay. The Bare Point Water Treatment Plant is the primary Water filtration plant in the city of Thunder Bay Ontario, drawing 113 Water of sufficient quality to serve as drinking water is termed potable water whether it is used for drinking or not Grain elevators located south of the Current River dominate the view toward the lake. History Grain elevators are a common sight in the grain-growing areas of the world such as the North American Prairies Larger terminal elevators are

Current River is home to a small selection of commercial businesses. Mainly located along Hodder Avenue near Arundel Street, the neighbourhood is home to a strip mall with a pharmacy and grocery store, a convenience store and gas station, a bank, and several restaurants and coffee shops. A strip mall (also called a shopping plaza or mini-mall) is an open area Shopping center where the stores are arranged in a row with a Sidewalk Pharmacy (from the Greek φάρμακον 'pharmakon' = drug is the Health profession that links the Health sciences with the chemical sciences A grocery store is a store established primarily for the Retailing of Food. A convenience store is a small store or shop. They are often located alongside busy roads or at gas/petrol stations. A filling station, fueling station, gas station, service station, petrol station, or gasbar, Retail Outlet A banker or bank is a Financial institution whose primary activity is to act as a payment agent for customers and to borrow and lend money A restaurant is a retail establishment that serves prepared Food to Customers. A coffeehouse ( French / Portuguese: café; Spanish: cafetería; Italian: caffè Most businesses in the neighbourhood are locally owned.

Transportation

The main roads in the neighbourhood are Arundel Street, an east-west arterial road that bridges the Current River and connects the community to the Shuniah neighbourhood. An arterial road is a moderate or high-capacity Road which is immediately below a Highway Level of service. Hodder Avenue is the main north-south thoroughfare and forms the backbone of the community's small commercial strip. A street is a Public thoroughfare in the built environment It is a Public parcel of land adjoining Buildings in an urban context Grenville Avenue, which is separated into two sections by the Current River Playfield, formed the neighbourhood's original business corridor.

Thunder Bay Transit route 1 Mainline-Current River makes a counter-clockwise loop through the neighbourhood and brings residents south to downtown Port Arthur. Thunder Bay Transit is the Public transit operator in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. A clockwise motion is one that proceeds 'like the Clock 's hands' from the top to the right then down and then to the left and back to the top

Education

Current River is home to two schools. Claude Garton Public School is part of the Lakehead Public Schools system and offers French immersion classes and is located in the southern part of the neighbourhood. The Lakehead District School Board oversees all Public schools in the Thunder Bay CMA and the townships of Gorham and Ware in Ontario, French immersion is a form of Bilingual education in which a child who does not speak French as his or her first language receives instruction in school in French St. Paul Catholic School is located in the northern part of Current River, and is part of the Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board. This article is about Catholic schools in general for specific schools named Catholic High School, see Catholic High School (disambiguation. The Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board oversees all Catholic schools in the Thunder Bay CMA and the townships of Gorham and Ware in Ontario Public school students from Current River attend Hillcrest High School, and Catholic students attend St. Ignatius, located on the other side of Boulevard Lake. Hillcrest High School is a High school in Thunder Bay, Ontario. St Ignatius High School is a Catholic High school located in the north end of Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Recreation

Current River is the location of the largest park in Thunder Bay, the Current River Greenway. The 260 hectare (650 acre) park includes Boulevard Lake, one of the Thunder Bay's most popular summer destinations. The Current River Playfield, located in the middle of Current River, includes a community centre, arena, baseball diamonds, soccer fields, and seasonal ice rinks.

The municipally operated Strathcona Golf Course is located to the east of Current River, and is an 18-hole, 72-par course. ^[3] Centennial Park, a recreation of a 20th century logging camp, is located northwest of the neighbourhood. Developed in 1967, Centennial Park is a large park area that follows the shores of the rocky Current River in the north end of Thunder Bay Logging is the process in which Trees are cut down for Forest management and Timber. The Terry Fox Memorial and Lookout is northeast of the neighbourhood, located along Highway 11/17. The Terry Fox Monument, situated in the outskirts of Thunder Bay Ontario, Canada, signifies humanitarian Terry Fox 's tragic halt in his Marathon of Highway 11 is one of the longest of Ontario 's King's Highways with a current length ( As of 2004) of 1780 Kilometres (1106 mi) Highway 17 is the primary route of the Trans-Canada Highway through Ontario, Canada It commemorates Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope and offers panoramic views of the lake. Terrance Stanley "Terry" Fox, CC ( July 28, 1958 – June 28, 1981) was a Canadian humanitarian, The Marathon of Hope is a name given to the cross- Canada run undertaken by cancer patient Terry Fox in 1980.

References

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