Candy Mountain (Thunder Bay)
Candy Mountain was an alpine ski area west of Thunder Bay, Ontario, on Candy Mountain Drive in Oliver Paipoonge. It operated from January 1972 to 2002.[1][2]
Ernie Smith, formerly general manager of Loch Lomond, founded the hill; Bill Irwin took it over in 1976, and Ward Bond bought it with Loch Lomond in 1979.[1] Its 1.2 km Poma double chair was billed as Ontario's longest lift.[1] After a failed private-club plan, the hill shut down in October 2002 and its snowmaking equipment was moved to Loch Lomond.[2] The land was later sold and rezoned residential, and the A-frame ski shop is now a house.[1][3]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Candy Mountain". Skier 72, The Lost Resorts.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Ski resort closes, remains in limbo". Northern Ontario Business, October 2002 issue (web-dated 5 March 2003).
- ↑ "The History of an Abandoned Ontario Ski Resort". Unofficial Networks, 25 July 2025.