Friday, October 23, 2009

North Bay, Ontario


The city of North Bay, Ontario, is located about 210 miles north of Toronto, and is situated on the North Bay of Lake Nipissing. Although the North Bay Area was first explored by Samuel de Champlain, settlement did not occur until the last two decades of the 19th Century, with the coming of the CPR and CNR railroads. Given its strategic location, the city quickly became a railroad and transportation center, which was being driven chiefly by the emergence of the lumber and mining industries. Today, the area's focus is on service industries, the government and tourism. North Bay also boasts of a thriving arts community. In 2004, the TVOntario program Studio 2 selected North Bay as being one of the top three most artistically talented communities in the province

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