Terrace Bay Airport is an abandoned

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that was located north of

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. Terrace Bay Council voted in 2005 to close the airport's runway, saving the community roughly $40,000 a year.

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, Hydro and emergency helicopters will still have access to the facility year round.

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Terrace Bay Airport
on COPA's ''Places to Fly'' airport directory *
Defunct airports in Ontario {{Ontario-airport-stub