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The '''Hill Street South''' neighbourhood of Thunder Bay, Ontario is a neighbourhood in Port Arthur, running north-south along Hill Street South from Red River Road in the north to the Canada | The '''Hill Street South''' neighbourhood of Thunder Bay, Ontario is a neighbourhood in Port Arthur, running north-south along Hill Street South from Red River Road in the north to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Games_Complex Canada Games Complex] in the south. It is within the Mariday Park neighbourhood planned and promoted by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_James_Carrick John James Carrick]. | ||
From north to south, the intersecting streets are: | From north to south, the intersecting streets are: | ||
1. Red River Road (start of Mariday Park section) | |||
2. Beresford Street | |||
3. Bay Street | |||
4. Cornwall Avenue | |||
5. Whitney Street | |||
6. John Street (end of Mariday Park section) | |||
7. Oliver Road | |||
8. Markland Street (only on East) | |||
9. Queen Street (West and East do not line up) | |||
10. Duluth Street | |||
There are about 111 houses within Mariday Park, and 41 outside it, for a total of about 152 houses. | |||
* 20 to Beresford | |||
* 25 to Bay | |||
* 25 to Cornwall | |||
* 20 to Whitney | |||
* 21 to John | |||
* And 12 + 12 + 17 = 41 south of John | |||
==Upper Two Blocks== | |||
[[Michael Currie]] delivered papers from Red River Road to Bay Street. The houses were all in the P7B postal code prefix, which is mostly south of Red River Road. Six suffix codes, from north to south: | [[Michael Currie]] delivered papers from Red River Road to Bay Street. The houses were all in the P7B postal code prefix, which is mostly south of Red River Road. Six suffix codes, from north to south: | ||
Revision as of 05:28, 23 November 2019
The Hill Street South neighbourhood of Thunder Bay, Ontario is a neighbourhood in Port Arthur, running north-south along Hill Street South from Red River Road in the north to the Canada Games Complex in the south. It is within the Mariday Park neighbourhood planned and promoted by John James Carrick.
From north to south, the intersecting streets are:
1. Red River Road (start of Mariday Park section) 2. Beresford Street 3. Bay Street 4. Cornwall Avenue 5. Whitney Street 6. John Street (end of Mariday Park section) 7. Oliver Road 8. Markland Street (only on East) 9. Queen Street (West and East do not line up) 10. Duluth Street
There are about 111 houses within Mariday Park, and 41 outside it, for a total of about 152 houses.
- 20 to Beresford
- 25 to Bay
- 25 to Cornwall
- 20 to Whitney
- 21 to John
- And 12 + 12 + 17 = 41 south of John
Upper Two Blocks
Michael Currie delivered papers from Red River Road to Bay Street. The houses were all in the P7B postal code prefix, which is mostly south of Red River Road. Six suffix codes, from north to south:
- Red river road south side: 1H2 west, 1H1 east, 4 + 1 houses
- Upper block: 3T5 west, 3T6 east, 10 + 10 houses
- Lower block: 3T8 west, 3T7 east, 13 + 12 houses
This means Michael Currie's paper route was a total of 50 houses.
P7B 1H2: South Side of Red River Road between Rupert and Hill
- (565 Red River Road: The building containing Carmen's Barber Shop and Thumbusters. I did not deliver to this one.)
- 563 Red River Road: J. MacKinnon? A 20-something drinking house
- 561 Red River Road: M.J. Kusznier?
- 559 Red River Road: Grant Walsh and A.I. Walsh. A house with a big unlocked front porch. A 40-something woman paid me.
- 555 Red River Road: D. Dacey. Caitlin Dacey's grandmother and grandfather (who died between 1994 and 1996)
P7B 1H1: South Side of Red River Road between Rupert and Winnipeg
- A single house, 553 Red River Road (on east side; these people complained once or twice that flyers were not delivered; postal code P7B 1H1)
P7B 3T5: West Side of Red River-Beresford block
- 12: Jill Biggs (husband died in snowmobiling accident in about 1995)
- 16: C. Bruni
- 18: Ian Dennis
- 22: ? piano teacher home
- 26: Tony Colistro
- 28: Gerry White and L. Palermo-White
- 34: Joanne Foster: I babysat her dogs
- 36: Patrick Bocking
- 40: Pentti (1924 - 2007) [1] and Dolores Rintala. Yapping tiny dog with vocal cords cut
- 44: A. Roy. No papers, but saw her at halloween once. Big trees
P7B 3T6: East Side of Red River-Beresford block
- 13: M. Grottenberg (house built between 1994 and 1995?)
- 15: M.A. Arthur
- 17: Rob E. Colquhoun
- 19: M. Page
- 23: D.W. Houston (chain-smoking man who couldn't keep his neck up)
- 27: S. Robinson (Kathy Guisewite-like woman and her husband)
- 29: D. Cevero ?
- 35: A house
- 39: James B. McLeod and wife - complimented my early deliveries in my first year
- 45: Donald W.A. Watson (the house with the columns). Don Watson was a senior lecturer in mathematics in England before moving in 1967 to Lakehead University where he was Director of Computing Services until his retirement in 1996. He has served on numerous community and charitable boards, including Volunteer Thunder Bay, the George Jeffrey Children's Treatment Centre, Leadership Thunder Bay, the Lakehead Social Planning Council, the Ontario Association of Children's Rehabilitation Services, the Ontario Federation of Symphony Orchestras and the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra. Watson has also written The Board Member's Companion, available at www.bcompanion.com. [2]
P7B 3T8: West Side of Beresford-Bay block
- 50: B. G. Burke
- 54: Alan Thomas Sumner (7 January 1923 - 7 January 2004) [3] and Barbara
- 58: David G. Frood (1924 - 8 March 2001) [4] and wife Sheelagh (Dr. Frood smoked a pipe I think, and had an accent?)
- 6?: Mark Simic, wife, and daughter Jennifer Simic. Mark immigrated from Croatia at age 6 and was a little league baseball champion [5]
- 66: Rob Lyon (Thunder Bay Police) [6] and L.M. Lyon, daughter Marielle "Mar" and son
- 72: Bill Bissonnette
- 76: Malcolm, A.L. (Divorced mother?)
- 80: Don Johnstone and wife
- 84: Elizabeth "Liz" Shanks and husband and daughter Whittney?
- 86: A house (maybe no subscription?)
- 90: R. F. Colquhoun (old lady)
- 94: Harris, D.
- 96: J.L. Siddall (older couple with big living room)
P7B 3T7: East Side of Beresford-Bay block
- 49: Gordon Kyle
- 53: E.C. Miller and family
- 61: Virgidis, R
- 63?: Harper and his wife
- 67: Nancy and Donald Hood and their children
- 71: Ron Currie and family
- 75: Doug Steele and family
- 79: Wayne Davidson
- 81: J. Rudd
- 85: Mrs. Pudas (until about 2004)
- 89: Willson B. Moody, Junior
- 97: A young family (not subscribers)
Sources
https://www.locatefamily.com/Street-Lists/Canada/ON/P7B/P7B1H2/
Blue Pages; Professionally Speaking (The Publication of the Ontario College of Teachers), December 2004 [7]