Definition of Thunder Bay

1. Noun. A port city in Ontario on Lake Superior.

Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center, Port
Group relationships: Ontario

Definition of Thunder Bay

1. Proper noun. a town in Ontario, Canada ¹

2. Proper noun. a large bay in Canada ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thunder Bay

Thu
Thuban
Thucydides
Thuggee
Thuggees
Thuja occidentalis
Thuja orientalis
Thuja plicata
Thujopsis
Thujopsis dolobrata
Thulean
Thumbelina
Thunbergia
Thunbergia alata
Thunder Bay (current term)
Thunderbird
Thunderbirds
Thunderer
Thunnus
Thunnus alalunga
Thunnus albacares
Thunnus thynnus
Thur
Thurber
Thurgau
Thurgovia
Thuringia
Thuringian
Thuringians

Literary usage of Thunder Bay

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sketches of a Tour to the Lakes by Thomas Loraine McKenney (1827)
"Governor Cass tells me he has passed this bay four times, and does not recollect to have heard it thunder once. Thunder Bay, Lake Huron, Sept. ..."

2. Report on the Exploration of the Country Between Lake Superior and the Red by Canada Provincial Secretary's Office, Henry Youle Hind, George Gladman (1858)
"Thunder Bay TO GREAT DOG I. \ K ' Thunder Bay, 81 — Entrance to the Harbour ... Thunder Bay, position and extent. 31. Thunder Bay, which receives the waters ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1873)
"On the Geology of the Thunder Bay and ... The geology of tho country intervening between Thunder Bay and Lake ..."

4. Report of Progress on the Explorations and Surveys Up to January, 1874 by Sandford Fleming (1874)
"Thunder Bay. (See sheet No. 13.) 1st. General Description. ... The principal entrance to Thunder Bay, and the one generally used, lies between Thunder Cape ..."

5. Statutes of the Province of Ontario by Ontario (1871)
"An Act to provide for the Organization of the territorial District of Thunder Bay. • [Assented to 15th February, 1871] Preamble. ..."

6. Report of Progress on the Explorations and Surveys Up to January, 1874 by Sandford Fleming (1874)
"The principal entrance to Thunder Bay, and the one generally used, lies between Thunder Cape and Pie Island ; it is about five miles wide and has a depth of ..."

7. Report by United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geographic Board (1916)
"Thunder; Cape, east entrance to Thunder Bay, Lake Superior, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. (Not Pointe au Tonnere.) Thunder; Glacier, western slope ..."

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