Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society
Public Lectures
Talks on a wide range of topics are held on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Thunder Bay Museum from September to April.
Occasionally we hold also special dinners featuring prominent guest lecturers. These have proven to be exceedingly popular.
Contact the Museum for a complete list of this season's topics or for more information about our ongoing lecture series. If you become a member of the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society you'll receive advance notice of all lectures.
2006 Lectures
at the Thunder Bay Museum
425 Donald Street East, (807) 623-0801
Refreshments will be served.
January 24, 2006
7:30 pm
Elle Andra-Warner
“Hudson's Bay Company:
Rogue-Adventurers, Fur-Traders and
Entrepreneurs of the World's Largest Real Estate Deal...
And it all started in Lake Superior.”
February 28, 2006
7:30 pm
Alex Ross
“Saving the City: the Thunder Bay Archives”
March 28, 2006
8:00 pm
Dr. Geoff Hudson
“Ripping off the Disabled?:
A Whistleblower extraordinaire and the
thieving political elite of Eighteenth-Century Britain.”
- The Sinking of the Titanic
- The Building of the CPR
- The Lake Superior/Lake Baikal Expedition
- Whalebacks or Pig Boats of the 1890s
- Waiting for the Indians at Fort Frances - The Significance of Treaty 3
- Pictographs of Agawa Rock
- Pioneer Aviation in Northwest Ontario
- Climate and History
- Thunder Bay's Participation in the Spanish Civil War
- Graves of the Franklin Expedition
- The Early Days of Radio in Thunder Bay
- The Graveyard of Ships, Shipwrecks in Thunder Bay Harbour