This will be an in-person language event that is free to view. The lecture will be live broadcast on Zoom and recorded for posting to the Museum's Youtube Channel at a later date.
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Description:
Bryan will discuss the rise of professional hockey and baseball in Thunder Bay in the 1990s. It will look at the development of the Thunder Bay Thunder Bay Hawks, which went on to be the Thunder Bay Senators and Thunder Bay Thunder Cats before the franchise was eventually sold and moved to Rockford, Illinois.
He will also discuss the development of the independent Northern Baseball League, and the ensuring history of the Thunder Bay Whiskey Jacks. The franchise went through a couple of ownership changes, and eventually led to a re-location to Schaumberg, Illinois.
The lecture will also focus on the similarities of the professional organizations, and the impacts on both fan bases, increasing cost of operation due to a large part of the businesses located in the United States and the eventual demise of both franchises as a locally-operated entity.
Speaker Bio:
In the 1990's, Bryan Wyatt was the sports director in radio in Thunder Bay. He has been in broadcasting of radio and tv news and sports since graduating from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Edmonton in 1977. His career brought him to Thunder Bay in September of 1979. He is currently the Radio News and Sports Director for 91.5 CKPR and Rock 94 under Dougall Media.
- Free Museum Admission during the event
- Refreshments will be available
This lecture session is part of the Society's long tradition of holding free public lectures. From September to March, talks on a wide range of topics are held on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Thunder Bay Museum.
The 2024-2025 Thunder Bay Museum lecture series is sponsored by the Lakehead University Department of History.
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Parking
The Thunder Bay Museum has a free parking lot on the East side of the building, but there are only 16 spaces. On-street parking and other lots nearby are available.
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Webinar ID: 824 1263 1998
International numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/keFo66ZicP