On April 3, 1973, Astrotel Enterprises Limited made their first proposal to build a luxury hotel and develop the private sector of Thunder Bay's Waterfront. Soon afterwards, the City of Thunder Bay called for submissions of development proposals from all interested firms. On July 16, 1973, Astrotel Enterprises responded by submitting a complete proposal entitled "A Proposal to the City of Thunder Bay." Astrotel Enterprises Limited remained in correspondence, attended meetings, and discussed the concept of a luxury hotel on the Waterfront for approximately a year. In July 1974, it was mutually agreed to relocate the proposed hotel's home away from the Waterfront. Negotiations pertaining to the Waterfront were discontinued.
These documents show the original development proposal for the hotel on the Waterfront. Given the largely industrial heritage of Thunder Bay's Waterfront, they also demonstrate an early interest by the City in committing to the development of a public park and marina.
| Posters - Advertisements for the development proposal, 1974 |
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Description: Copies of these two advertisements accompanied proposal developments to the City. The proposed Aquatel Inn is central in both images. Note the unique shape of the docks. |
| Maps - Concepts of the Waterfront development, 1974 |
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Description: Canadian Aquatel Incorporated created a number of plates envisioning the new Waterfront, showing both the proposed Hotel and the Marina. The first three images are technical drawings offering different perspectives of the proposed hotel and related developments. The fourth image is a photocopy of a photograph of a scale model. |
| Report - A proposal to the City of Thunder Bay |
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Description: Astrotel Enterprises' four-page formal proposal to develop a hotel on the waterfront and the greater marina area. The report was submitted by the President of Astrotel Enterprises, C.R. Boucher, who was very involved in the development project. |
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