Current River Greenway, Recreation park in Thunder Bay, Canada
Current River Greenway is a 263-hectare greenway along the Current River in Thunder Bay's north end, with 50 km of public trails. Five kilometres of paved path circle Boulevard Lake; trails elsewhere are unpaved. The route crosses the Black Bay Bridge, a 1911 single-spandrel reinforced concrete bridge, and passes Birch Point Park, Centennial Park and Trowbridge Falls Park.
The park includes the Black Bay Bridge built in 1911, an early reinforced concrete structure spanning the Current River. This bridge represents a significant moment in the region's infrastructure development.
The greenway hosts the Dragon Boat Festival and International Wakeboard Festival during summer months, drawing visitors and locals to Boulevard Lake Park. These events have become part of the rhythm of Thunder Bay's outdoor season.
Only the 5 km loop around Boulevard Lake is paved; trails elsewhere in the greenway are unpaved. The Bluffs Scenic Lookout, reached from Arundel Street north of the lake, is open year-round. Trowbridge Falls Park has 140 tent and trailer campsites with showers, restrooms, laundry and a dump station.
Birch Point Park, dedicated in 2000 as a Millennium project, holds a sculpture marking Thunder Bay's forestry heritage and its 2000 designation as Forest Capital of Canada, plus one specimen of each provincial tree. The peninsula park also has Thunder Bay's first public disc golf course, 18 baskets installed in July 2010.
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