Frequently Asked Questions

City Administration costed the three phased Waterfront Trail expansion plan in June 2021 at north of $20M. The City will own and maintain the Trail so it will take "political will" to take the first step to commit a capital plan for funding a portion of the expenditure. Once the commitment is made, Provincial and Federal funding may follow from Funds earmarked for Multi-use Trails. Once that City commitment is made, the WTRCAT will benefit from the establishment of a charity that Port Arthur Rotary is establishing through Canada Revenue Agency that will raise private Trail dollars to be accumulated and gifted to the City to aid with the construction and maintenance of the expanded trail system.

The planned City of Thunder Bay Waterfront Trail expansion would connect Fisherman’s Park at the mouth of Current River, in the north to Syndicate Avenue in Westfort by way of the Jackknife Bridge, in the south. The Trail is proposed to run adjacent to Shipyard Road, cross, by way of an overpass over 10 sets of tracks that enter the Richardson and Viterra Elevator complex in Current River, drop down on Marina Park Drive and travel south to connect to Prince Arthur’s Landing. The proposed Trail moves out of Prince Arthur’s Landing south over private land and then connects to Maureen Street continuing on Hammond Avenue, Main Street, 110th Avenue, Island Drive before crossing the Kaministiquia River via the Jackknife Bridge from Mission Island to terminate at Syndicate Avenue, near Walsh Street. (see Map below)

The easy answer is the two kilometres within Prince Arthur’s Landing. Other sections are poorly signed, lead to dead ends or are unsafe to travel on.

The City will own and maintain the Trail so it will take "political will" to take the first step to commit a capital plan for funding a portion of the expenditure. Once the commitment is made, Provincial and Federal funding may follow from Funds earmarked for Multi-use Trails that the City has not yet applied for. Trans Canada Trail is another source of future funding. Once that City commitment is made, WTRCAT will benefit from the establishment of a charity that Port Arthur Rotary is establishing through Canada Revenue Agency that will raise private Trail dollars to be accumulated and gifted to the City to aid with the construction.

For the most part, the City of Thunder Bay owns the land but there are certain sections that will require negotiations between private landowners and the City.

Once again, the easy answer is you can bike within the two kilometres of Prince Arthur’s Landing. Other sections are poorly signed, lead to dead ends or are unsafe to travel on.

Follow our activities on Facebook, talk or write to members of City Council to say you support the expansion of the Thunder Bay Waterfront Trail and ultimately, once the Charitable organization is established, think of donating money to the Port Arthur Rotary Community Charity that will then gift pooled money to the City to assist with the Trail expansion.