The Canadian city of

North Bay, Ontario North Bay is a city in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is the seat of Nipissing District and takes its name from its position on the shore of Lake Nipissing. It developed as a railroad centre and its airport was an important military locatio ...

, is divided into numerous neighbourhoods.

Birchaven

Birchaven¹ is a neighbourhood located to the south of Trout Lake Road. Many people unfamiliar with this area and have incorrect maps mistakenly believe that it is called Birch Haven. Birchaven¹ borders Trout Lake and extends to Wallace Road.

Downtown

North Bay's Downtown is located along the shore of Lake Nipissing, between the Gateway and Ferris neighbourhoods. The area is aligned southeast to northwest, and bounded roughly by Fisher Street, Memorial Drive, Algonquin Avenue and Fifth Avenue.

Feronia

Feronia is a dispersed rural community and unincorporated place (). It used to be a farming community with a school, general store and community centre. In 2005 Feronia is far less impressive, however still with a decent population scattered off the highway. There is still a community centre, which is mostly an ice rink and a swing set, and up off the highway slightly on Cemetery Road, you will find a cemetery that has been there since the early 1900s. Daly's Road, so named for the Daly family who had farms all along that road, Four Mile Lake Road and Feronia Road are predominantly the entrance points to Feronia off the highway. Some time between 1906 and 1918, Maude Emma Beach became the first school teacher for the brand new one room school house built on Feronia Road. This school house serviced the farming community of the area, and it was not uncommon for children to miss school during harvest and planting time.

Gateway

Gateway, one of the city's oldest residential neighbourhoods, is located immediately adjacent to the city's downtown core. The neighbourhood is centred on Algonquin Avenue.

Hornell Heights

Hornell Heights is the primary residential and institutional cluster on the grounds of

CFB North Bay Canadian Forces Base North Bay, also CFB North Bay, is an Canadian Forces base, air force base located at the City of North Bay, Ontario, North Bay, Ontario about northwest of Ottawa. The base is subordinate to 1 Canadian Air Division, Winnip ...

and

Jack Garland Airport North Bay Airport or North Bay/Jack Garland Airport in North Bay, Ontario, Canada is located at Hornell Heights, north-northeast of the city. It is located adjacent to Canadian Forces Base North Bay, operational since 1951 (as RCAF Station Nor ...

. Hornell Heights is not financially affiliated with the municipality of North Bay and is Federal land, funded and taken care of through Federal tax dollars. Currently North Bay provides transit service and snow removal service to some areas of Hornell Heights. Mail sent to this area is to be addressed to Hornell Heights, Ontario.

Pinewood

The Pinewood area, adjacent to Gateway, is roughly the area between Algonquin Avenue and Gormanville Road, Main West and Highway 17.

Thibeault Terrace

Thibeault Terrace is a residential neighbourhood located north of Highway 17 and west of the Algonquin Avenue segment of Highway 11. The neighbourhood is located between the escarpment and McKeown Avenue. Thibeault Terrace is also the closest neighbourhood to the campuses of

Canadore College Canadore College is a college of applied arts and technology located in North Bay, Ontario, Canada, attended primarily by international students. It was founded in 1967 as a campus of Sudbury's Cambrian College, and became an independent institu ...

and

Nipissing University Nipissing University is a public university located in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. The campus overlooks Lake Nipissing. History Northeastern University (1960–1967) The roots of Nipissing University date back to 1947, when residents of North B ...

housing many students.

Trout Lake Road

The residential neighbourhoods of St. John's Village, Eastview, Graniteville, Sage, Birchaven and Trout Mills extend northeasterly from the city core along Trout Lake Road.

West Ferris

West Ferris, formerly an independent

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, was surveyed in 1880, and named after James Marshall Ferris, a member of the

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. It was amalgamated into the city in 1968. The township was quite small in size, sandwiched between the City of North Bay on the north, the township of North Himsworth on the south,

East Ferris East Ferris is a township (Canada), township in northeastern Ontario, Canada located between Trout Lake (Ontario), Trout Lake and Lake Nosbonsing in the Nipissing District, Ontario, District of Nipissing. West Ferris Township, Ontario, West Ferr ...

on the east, and

Lake Nipissing Lake Nipissing (; , ) is a lake in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. It has a surface area of , a mean elevation of above sea level, and is located between the Ottawa River and Georgian Bay. Lake Nipissing i ...

on the west. The township consists of North Bay's southern suburbs, namely the community of West Ferris. The area also includes the neighbourhoods of Sunset Park, Marshall Park, Champlain Park, Thorncliff, Tweedsmuir and Nipissing Junction. The

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bifurcates the township running from the east into Lake Nipissing, as does Highway 11 running north–south. The township is home to about 14,000 people.

Widdifield

Widdifield, formerly an independent

, was first surveyed in 1883 and named for Ontario MPP Joseph Henry Widdifield. It was amalgamated into the city in 1968, at the same time as West Ferris. The pre-amalgamation boundary between North Bay and Widdifield extended along a line from Trout Lake to

. The city's Lansdowne and Norwood Avenues, in the Gateway neighbourhood, marked part of the municipal boundary. The township also includes the smaller neighbourhoods of Cooks Mills, Feronia, Fricker, Hornell Heights, Lounsbury, Pinewood, Thibeault Terrace, Trout Mills, Wallace Heights, and Kenwood. A neighbourhood in the northeastern corner of the city, near Widdifield Forest Provincial Park, retains the Widdifield name. Widdifield Secondary School was also the name of one of the city's main public

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s. The school closed in 2020. The old Widdifield Fire Tower still stands on Tower Drive with its cupola removed. It is now used as a radio tower for the City of North Bay. In the winter of 1965 the tower was used in scenes from the old CBC TV show '' The Forest Rangers''.

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*MapArt Ontario Road Atlas *Statistics Canada
Downtown North BayTransit schedules
North Bay Geography of North Bay, Ontario Populated places in Nipissing District