Fans back the grandstand at Thunder Bay's Port Arthur Stadium for a baseball game.
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"The Finnish community, too, actually held their festivals there as well," she said. "The children's festival was held there at one time as well, during the 1980s and early '90s." As the story goes, some of the Bengals players were in an accident prior to the game, leaving the team three players short. So three local players switched sides for the night.
The Whiskey Jacks were the second professional ball team to call the region home, Imrie said. In 1913, a team called the Canucks played in another independent baseball league. Since Graham and his partners bought the Border Cats in 2019, they've made repairs including new party areas and video screens to improve the fan experience at the ballpark.
"Then, at halftime, cram in there trying to figure out what we're going to do next to try to win the football game."
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