South Hill Street, Thunder Bay

Hill Street South neighbourhood

Hill Street South from Red River

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 in about 1905.

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 (the Canada Games Complex)

Hill Street South has about 152 houses, including 111 houses within Mariday Park, and 41 outside it.

• 20 to Beresford
• 25 to Bay
• 25 to Cornwall
• 20 to Whitney
• 21 to John
• And 12 + 12 + 17 = 41 south of John

The street runs about 1 kilometre (250 metres per block) from Red River Road to John Street, then another 600 metres to the Complex.

Hill Street North

North of Red River Road, Hill Street North extends one kilometre to River Street, where it terminates. Hill Street North intersects with the following streets, from north to south:

• River Street
• Dawson Street
• Tupper Street
• Van Norman Street
• Elizabeth Street
• Red River Road

This street's most prominent building is at 87 Hill Street North, the headquarters for Thunder Bay's local TV news, CKPR, which broadcasts from here since it is the highest point in the area. [1]

Michael's Paper Route

From 1993 to 1996, Michael Currie delivered papers for the Chronicle-Journal to fifty houses from Red River Road to Bay Street. He succeeded John Clouthier, Katherine Clouthier's older brother, in this assignment. 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:

Section	Northern Boundary	Southern Boundary	West Suffix	East Suffix	West Houses	East Houses	Total Houses
Red River Road (South Side)	n/a	n/a	1H2	1H1	4	1	5
Upper Block	Red River Road	Beresford Street	3T5	3T6	10	10	20
Lower Block	Beresford Street	Bay Street	3T8	3T7	13	12	25
TOTAL							50

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: Dan Dacey (d. 1994) and Salome Dacey (1922 - 2009) [2]. Caitlin Dacey's grandmother and grandfather.

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)

Hill Street South Between Beresford Street and Red River Road

3T5, NW of Beresford	Name	Notes	3T6, NE of Beresford	Name	Notes
12	Jill Biggs and family	Husband died in snowmobiling accident in about 1995	13	Melvin Grottenberg (1912 - 2010) and wife Mae (1912 - 2004)	House built between 1994 and 1995? Next door to Melvin's daughter Marilyn. Moved away in 2004 to Vernon to be closer to family. Melvin was a gentle man. (Michael remembers this)
16	C. Bruni		15	Marilyn Ann Arthur (nee Grottenberg) (1948 - 2014) and husband Paddy Arthur and son Deven.	They built a house for Marilyn's parents on their lot. Moved to Vernon in 2001 for work.
18	Ian Dennis		17	Rob E. Colquhoun
22	Peter Doig and Mary Lou Doig, and daughter Jeannie Doig	Jeannie taught Michael piano at this home from 1994 to 1995 or so.	19	M. Page
26	Tony Colistro		23	D.W. Houston	Chain-smoking man who did jigsaw puzzles and couldn't keep his neck up
28	Gerry White and L. Palermo-White		27	S. Robinson	Kathy Guisewite-like woman and her husband
34	Joanne Foster: Michael Currie babysat her dogs in about 1995		29	D. Cevero ?
36	Patrick Bocking, wife?, and daughter(s)?	Apparently he was a school principal with Lakehead Schools, and left in 2007 to serve as a superintendent in North Bay, then in 2011 to British Columbia. [3]	35	A house
40	Pentti Rintala (1924 - 2007) [4] and Dolores Rintala	Yapping tiny dog with vocal cords cut	39	James B. McLeod and wife	He complimented my early deliveries in my first year
44	A. Roy	No papers, but saw her at halloween once. Big trees	45	Don Watson	The house on the corner with the columns. Don was Director of Computing Services at Lakehead University until retiring in 1996

Hill Street South Between Bay Street and Beresford Street

3T8, NW of Bay	Name	Notes	3T7, NE of Bay	Name	Notes
50	Betty Burke (2 April 1923 - 21 July 2018) [5]	Her husband George died in 1986. She loved to garden her flowers, and she sent Michael a congratulations letter in 2001.	49	Gordon "Gordie" Kyle (1930 - 2017)	House on the corner, with strange car.
54	Alan Thomas Sumner (7 January 1923 - 7 January 2004) and wife Barbara Patricia Sumner (13 October 1924 - 24 February 2007).	Their son Scott founded the Thunder Bay Business publication in 1984 [6] [7].	53	E.C. Miller, wife, and children, Tracy, Andrew, Eric.
58	Dr. David G. Frood (1924 - 8 March 2001) and wife Sheelagh Frood (died 23 July 2003)	Dr. Frood smoked a pipe I think, and had an accent?	57	Al Harper and his wife (who was sick) [8]	Mr. Harper is on the CP Pensioners Associations, Inc. Tel: (807) 345-9403
60, 62, or 64	Mark Simic, Ejia Simic, and daughter Jennifer Simic.	Mark immigrated from Croatia at age 6 and was a little league baseball champion. Friends with Aldo Ruberto.	61	R. Virgidis?	Moved away in about 1999
66	Rob Lyon, L.M. Lyn, daughter Marielle "Mar", and son.	Moved into house about 1990. Rob was with Thunder Bay Police, now teaches policing at Confederation College. Daughter Mar, cheerleader for Argos 2016-2018.	67	Dr. Donald Hood, wife Nancy Greenwald, and children Jeremy and Arleigh	Dr. Hood was an audiologist who left in about 1991.
72	Bill Bissonnette (1921 - 2016) and his wife Mary		71	Curries: Ron, Mary Ann, Carolyn, Michael
76	Malcolm, A.L.	Divorced mother?	75	Steeles: Doug, Tracey, Matthew, Kristin
80	Don Johnstone and wife Martha.	Left about 2014?	79	Wayne Davidson
84	Elizabeth "Liz" Shanks and ex-husband and daughter Whittney?	Husband is a lawyer	81	Judith Rudd (1913 - 2009) and husband George Rudd (died before 2009)	Elderly couple, no newspaper - or they paid annually or something?
86		Maybe no paper subscription in 1994?	85	Mrs. Pudas (1920 - 2007)	Left in 2004 due to dimensia
90	R. F. Colquhoun (old lady in 1994)		89	Willson B. Moody, Junior and wife LaRea Moody	LaRea was librarian at Law Association's library. They had a large German shepherd dog.
94	Harris, D.	Family
96	J.L. "Les" Siddall (d. 1999) and Alice Siddall (8 March 1924 - 7 March 2016)	Lived in this house until 2014.	97	A young family	Did not subscribe to the paper in 1994

Don Watson, 45 Hill Street South. Former Director of Computing Services, Lakehead University

Mark Simic, 60, 62, or 64 Hill Street South

Betty Burke, 50 Hill Street South

Alice Siddall, 96 Hill Street South

Rob Lyon, 66 Hill Street South

Ron and Mary Ann Currie, 71 Hill Street South

Gordon "Gordie" Kyle (1930 - 2017), 49 Hill Street South

Notable Residences On Hill, South of Bay Street

• Jordan Lester and family, between Bay and Cornwall
• 136 Hill Street South: Richard Kamo and family.
• 140 Hill Street South: Katherine Clouthier and family (her brother John delivered papers on my route before Michael)
• Another hair stylist from Shear Heaven who was in a Klingon fan movie, between John Street and Oliver Road
• Ron Currie's family's rented home for one year in 1963, between Cornwall and Bay
• 443 John Street: Laundromat Express, the only business along Hill Street South, on John Street.
• A 2-storey apartment building and two duplexes before Duluth Street (the only buildings besides Laundromat Express that are not detached houses)

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 [9]