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The area was first explored by Samuel de Champlain.
In 1882, John Ferguson decided that the north bay of Lake Nipissing was a promising spot for settlement. North Bay was incorporated as a town in 1891. The first mayor was John Bourke .
The town began to prosper due to the presence of three railway companies and a strong lumber industry. In 1919, John Ferguson was elected mayor of North Bay and continued to serve as mayor until 1922. North Bay was incorporated as a city in August 1925. The Dionne Quintuplets were born on the outskirts of North Bay in 1934. In January 1968Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is standardized as ANSI Standard X3. Nauru adopt his national anthem of the the City of North Bay amalgamated with West Ferris and Widdifield townships.
View of North Bay from Lake Nipissing
North Bay, critically situated at the junctions of Highway 11Yonge Street (pronounced "young"), located in Ontario, Canada, is a major arterial street in Toronto and a provincial highway. Yonge Street has been been listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest street in the world and is nearly 2,000 km long and Highway 17The Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial highway system that joins all ten provinces of Canada. The system (not a single roadway--the Yellowhead Highway is also part of the system, for example) was approved by the Trans-Canada Highway Act of 1948,, remains a major transportation centre for Northern OntarioNorthern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario, Canada, which lies north of Lake Huron, Georgian Bay, the French River and Lake Nipissing. Northern Ontario covers 1 million square kilometres and constitutes 90 per cent of the surface area of Onta.
Prominent North Bay natives include comic actor Scott ThompsonScott Thompson (born June 12, 1959) is a Canadian television comedian, best known for his time as a member of the comedy troupe Kids in the Hall''. Thompson was born in North Bay, Ontario, and grew up in Brampton, Ontario. After graduating from the York U, entertainer Jaymz Bee , politician Mike HarrisMichael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945) was the twenty-second Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 15, 2002. He is most noted for the " Common Sense Revolution" and his large cuts to provincial programs and taxes. The Hon. Mike Harris Rank, inventor Troy HurtubiseTroy James Hurtubise is an inventor from North Bay, Ontario noted for his bizarre, yet incredible, protective creations that he tests on himself. History Hurtubise's obsession with bears began in 1984, when he was 19-years-old and survived a skirmish with, world downhill alpine ski champion Kate Pace-Lindsay , world champion kick-boxer Chantal Nadon , and NHL ice hockey player Billy CoutuWilfrid "Billy" Arthur Coutu ( March 1, 1892 North Bay, Ontario February 28, 1978 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) was the first player banned from the NHL for life. A former captain of the Montreal Canadiens (1925/26), Coutu also played for the Boston Bruins a.
It is the home of Nipissing University, founded in 1992.