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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Canada, located there.
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1. Thunder Bay Tourist Pagoda (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 387457): Thunder Bay, CanadaQuote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 387457): Thunder Bay, Canada
Wikidata item Q7798948, property P131/P17 (location): Thunder Bay, Canada
2. Thunder Bay Tourist Pagoda (Wikidata)
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3. Thunder Bay Tourist Pagoda (Wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder_Bay_Tourist_Pagoda, lead definition
The Thunder Bay Tourist Pagoda, built in 1909, was an early tourist bureau promoting the city of Port Arthur, Ontario.
Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1909)
completion_date/completed = 1909
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