North Bay History
North Bay is sometimes referred to as "The _____ to the North."
What is the "Gateway"
The name of Nipissing's varsity sports teams.
What are Lakers?
This college shares a campus with Nipissing University.
What is Canadore College?
A self-help book for a woman on their wedding day.
What is a bride guide?
This Canadian played hockey for the Toronto Maple Leafs and opened a popular donut shop in 1964.
Who is Tim Horton?
North Bay is the birthplace of this ice sport, invented by Sam Jacks in 1963.
What is ringette?
This animal appears on Nipissing's Coat of Arms.
What is an owl?
The number of apartment-style residence buildings for Nipissing students to live in.
What is 3?
A grizzly that plays by the rules.
What is a fair bear?
This 3-time gold medalist competed in their first Summer Olympics (2020) at the age of 14.
Who is Summer McIntosh?
There is a monument for this French explorer in the city because the site of North Bay was part of a canoe expedition through to what is now Mattawa.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
Nipissing became it's own university in this year - the same year Bill Clinton was elected US President and the Toronto Blue Jays won their first World Series.
When is 1992?
This campus building has won multiple awards for it's design.
What is the library? (New Library Building Award 2013, Interior Design Competition 2012)
An artificial New York strip or sirloin.
What is a fake steak?
This Canadian actor has starred in films as both a Marvel and DC superhero.
Who is Ryan Reynolds?
This acronym for an aerospace tracking system stationed in North Bay is for military defense but also tracks Santa's journey every Christmas.
What is NORAD?
Name one of the three historical figures that appeared in Nipissing's original marketing campaign and 25th year anniversary celebration.
Who are Einstein, Shakespeare, and Mona Lisa?
The Robert J. Surtees Athletic Centre was named after a founding member of Nipissing University who also taught in this program.
What is History?
To unsettle cows.
What is rattle cattle?
This Canadian singer is known as the "Queen of Power Ballads."
Who is Celine Dion?
This is the decade when the City of North Bay amalgamated with West Ferris & Widdifield Townships.
What are the 1960s? (January 1968)
Nipissing's Education program has it's roots in North Bay dating back to 1909, when it was a program at this ordinary sounding school.
What is the North Bay Normal School?
The average number of students in a Nipissing class?
What is 33?
The most essential chorus.
What is the main refrain?
This Canadian was host of Jeopardy! for 37 seasons.
Who is Alex Trebek?