Tell your story about the tale of our town – The Chronicle Journal

Sep 14, 2017

Inside the teardrop trailer parked at the curb on Victoria Avenue East, local councillor at large, Frank Pullia told the story of how he first came to live in Thunder Bay when he was 16 years old.

He spoke into a microphone inside the portable recording studio, known as the storymobile, answering questions about his experience and first impressions of the city as part of a nationwide story-gathering art project.

The Tale of a Town — Canada began in 2014 and has since crossed the country, visiting small towns and cities in every province and territory to record the collective community memory of Canada’s main streets.

Thunder Bay is the last stop on the final leg of the journey as the project traveled Canada’s longest road to mark the country’s 150th birthday this year, interacting with communities all the way along Highway 11.