South Hill Street, Thunder Bay
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:
- Red River Road (start of Mariday Park section)
- Beresford Street
- Bay Street
- Cornwall Avenue
- Whitney Street
- John Street (end of Mariday Park section)
- Oliver Road
- Markland Street (only on East)
- Queen Street (West and East do not line up)
- 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 |
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]