“The City of North Bay is a vibrant community in Northern Ontario,” says the city’s website. It could be a vibrant community in summer, but a cold autumn day makes the city’s street population consist almost entirely of homeless people. It’s also the first major city on the way to Northern Ontario, making it a “gateway” to that area on the Trans-Canada Highway.
The city is located on the lands of the Nipissing First Nation and doesn’t have much going for it. It’s so boring that they have a museum in the house where quintuplets were born. Sure, the Dionne Quintuplets were unusual, but it’s not much of a reason to go out of your way and drive a half-day just to see the house where they were born.
North Bay Museum 
Dionne Quintuplets Museum
I arrived on a weekday afternoon at about three in the afternoon. Even then, most of the stores were closed and the streets were empty. The only decent food option I found within four blocks of the North Bay Museum was a Pizza Pizza chain restaurant. Not very appetising.
Trinity United Church 
City Hall
Trinity United Church, just opposite Pizza Pizza, was one of the congregations formed by Rev. Silas Huntington. He was the first Protestant missionary to reach communities in Northern Ontario. Huntington College at Laurentian University in Sudbury was named after him.
