Looking at Thunder Bay's Free Magazines/

Cover by Richard Spooner

How lucky we are in Thunder Bay to have free magazines of good quality: Walleye, Bayview, Thunder Bay Senior’s and others. Walleye is publishing a summer issue about gardens which I am dying to read. But here I want to talk about the summer 2020 issue of Bayview Thunder Bay’s Magazine. As usual the cover is a showstopper, a misty photo of Ouimet Canyon by Susan Dykstra. But, also as usual, great local photography sparks the entire issue. 

Because I lived in Kaministiquia for many years, I turned first to the article about Strawberry Hill Pottery by Heather L. Dickson. It tells the story of the founding of the workshop by Peter and Liz Powlowski (son Marcus is a local MP) with updated information about the sought-after animal figures. Brian Spare, a local history expert, writes about the troop treks of 1885 and, closer to home, the history of the breakwater. The Thunder Bay love of gardens is described in an essay by Kim Kilgour. 

So many well-written first-rate articles make this magazine a local treasure. And, of course, like the Walleye and Senior's, it's available at my favourite price i.e. Free!