While you are here, why not begin with a short walk and your camera when you hike up to the Scenic Lookout for a breathtaking view of Lake Superior. Come into the Tourist Information Centre and look through our wide selection of brochures, featuring local, regional and provincial information. Terrace Bay was built to service the Kimberly Clark Pulp Mill in 1947. Kimberly Clark developed Terrace Bay as a planned community, and remains as the town's main employer. The engineers designing the town took advantage of the glacial terraces that Terrace Bay sits on, and used them in the design of the town.
People driving through Terrace Bay often say that it is the prettiest town on the North Shore.
Because Terrace Bay is a single industry town, we are always looking for other forms of economic development, and tourism is one aspect of this development. Did you know that Group of Seven painters Lawren Harris and A.Y. Jackson worked here extensively. In 1925, Jackson wrote the following description of the beauty of this area and the untamed lake.