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Thunder Bay Museum
425 Donald St. E. Thunder Bay ON
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• Arts and Heritage
• Children and Youth
• Tourism

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Can-Car & The Rosies

17 January 2025 – December 2025

The Thunder Bay Museum is pleased to announce a new exhibit in our first-floor galleries reflecting the contributions of women at the Canadian Car & Foundry in Fort William during the Second World War. Can-Car & The Rosies explores the work of over 4,000 women who were nicknamed after cultural icon Rosie the Riveter. These women were hired between 1939 and 1945 to assist in the manufacturing of aircraft such as Hawker Hurricanes and Curtiss Helldivers for the war effort. They were led by the “Queen of the Hurricanes”, Elizabeth (Elsie) Muriel Gregory MacGill, OC, the first Chief Aeronautical Engineer at the Fort William factory. This exhibit is on display now until December 2025.

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