The Thunder Bay Tourist Pagoda, built in 1909, was an early tourist bureau promoting the city of Port Arthur, Ontario, sited on the waterfront near the former train station to catch the attention of visitors arriving by rail or water, in part as competition with nearby Fort William and in anticipation of the Prince Arthur Hotel then under construction. The hexagonal structure, designed by architect H. Russell Halton, remained in use until 1986, when it was designated a National Historic Site of Canada and reopened as a heritage building; a stone panel over its entrance depicts a beaver and a maple branch, and a gable over the entrance carries a small dragon's head said to be a Scandinavian good luck symbol.
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The Thunder Bay Tourist Pagoda, built in 1909, was an early tourist bureau promoting the city of Port Arthur, Ontario.
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