Areas

Thunder Bay, Nipigon Bay, Jackfish Bay, and Peninsula Harbour are four of the seventeen original Canadian Areas of Concern (AOCs) locations that have experienced severe environmental degradation located on the north shore of Lake Superior.

In 2011 Jackfish Bay was classified as an Area in Recovery. An Area in Recovery is a geographic area originally identified as an Area of Concern, where, based on community and government consensus, all scientifically feasible and economically reasonable actions have been implemented and additional time is required for the environment to recover.