Thunder Bay - It’s cold, friendly, beautiful & HAS A UCU BRANCH!

Thunder Bay was formed as a result of the amalgamation of two cities - Port Arthur & Fort William. It is the home to approximately 122,907 residents. In the 17^th century, this area was known as a fur trading outpost. Currently, their economy largely relies on forestry, manufacturing and the is developing in medical and educational research. Geographically in the center of Canada, on Lake Superior, this city provides a mixture of art, culture, history and close proximity to wilderness.
 

A friend living in Thunder Bay is the reason for my visit. The opportunity to visit our UCU branch, chat with the amazing Thunder Bay UCU team and get to know about the community here was definitely an added bonus!

The UCU branch is located in the Port Arthur Prosvita. What's a “Prosvita”? - More or less, a society created for the preservance and developing of Ukrainian culture and education among its population and it just happened to be pyrohy Friday!

This morning was a revolving door. All of our members who came in, had a story to tell or advice to share. One of our Fat Cat members (6 years old) and his baba were in today to deposit his birthday riches. He was convinced he was saving for a va-cation, which his baba quickly corrected to ed-u-cation!

I look forward to spend the weekend, in learning more about the community, nature, history and life in Thunder Bay!