Shuniah
Overview
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Shuniah (IPA: /ˈʃuːnjə/) is a municipal township bordering the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada on the east. Shuniah was incorporated by an act of the Ontario legislature in 1873, and at that time included much of present-day Thunder Bay and its predecessor and surrounding municipalities. Shuniah, named after the Ojibwa word for "silver", was settled largely due to silver mining potential identified in the mid-1800s.
The township is part of Thunder Bay's Census Metropolitan Area.
Serving today primarily as a rural bedroom community to Thunder Bay, Shuniah is also a popular cottaging locale with 40 kilometres of Lake Superior's northern shoreline. The township was home to the Lake Superior Trout Hunt during the 1970s and 80s. In 2006, the population stood at 2913.
Since 1994 the township reeve has been Maria Harding.
