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The Sister Cities Advisory Committee's mandate is to develop, implement and coordinate the Thunder Bay Municipal Twinning Program. The program aims to promote cross-cultural understanding, municipal and technical cooperation and economic development opportunities. Officially formed in December 2006, the Committee reports to City Council through the Office of the City Clerk.

Series consists of photographs and related documentation regarding the Sister Cities Millennium Festival, held in the summer of 2000, and a photographic inventory of artifacts donated by Thunder Bay's Sister Cities. Also included in this series are gifts donated by delegates of the cities who participated in the Sister Cities program.

The series contains a number of manuals - camp counsellors' and directors', the Director's Annual Final Reports, photographs and scrapbooks from the Day Camps, Winter Carnival files and a number of related and miscellaneous Parks and Recreation slides.

Thunder Bay Fire Rescue (previously known as the Thunder Bay Fire Department) is positioned under Community and Emergency Services and reports to the General Manager of this department. The key responsibilities of the department include fire suppression, fire prevention, responding to fires, explosions, auto extrications and hazardous material spills, rescues involving industrial accidents, rappelling, water/ice, urban search and rescue and confined space and emergency planning.

Most of the files in Accession 2013-21 relate to hotels or motels. Included in these records are fire safety plans, inspection reports, building audits, building information sheets, chronology reports, correspondence, memoranda, a few fire reports, photographs and building plans.

This series contains records related to the organization and planning of the 1993 Ontario Games for the Physically Disabled. The City of Thunder Bay hosted the event along with the work of ten committees. The committees were made up of city staff from the Parks and Recreation Department and enthusiastic volunteers from the community.
Some of the records in the series involve correspondence, meeting minutes, agendas, committee reports, and budgeting. Some of the correspondence includes letters from the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Recreation regarding funding. Other correspondence involves sponsors, such as the event’s Corporate Sponsor, Bell Canada. There are meeting minutes and agendas from several of the different committees that were involved in the event. Particularly, there is a large number of meeting minutes from the two most significant committees: the Games Organizing Committee, and the Executive Committee. There are reports from several different committees such as, the Fund Raising Committee, Media Relations/Promotions Committee, Hospitality Committee, Transportation Committee, and several other committees involved in the organization of the event.
Other records included are related to budgeting and the scheduling of the events. The finalized version of the budget and the official schedule are present, along with the official magazine that was published for the event.

Photograph depicts Lieutenant Addison Alexander Mackenzie and a civilian, James Mounsie, in Woodbridge, Ontario in 1915.

Scene from the official opening on May 3, 1969 of the Woodbridge, Ontario post office. Reeve John McLean of the Village of Woodbridge is seen greeting and welcoming those in attendance. Seated from the left are Monsignor J. A. O'Mara, Stan Archibald, postmaster, Barnett J. Danson, M.P., Robert P. Henderson, Gordon Longhouse, Major A. A. Mackenzie, and Rev. A. B. Cathcart.

Photograph shows Norberta O'Rourke, Major Addison Alexander Mackenzie, Vaughan Pearson, and John Roberts at the KleinburgBinder Twine Festival's unveiling of a plaque in the pioneer cemetery honouring Rev. Pearson in 1968, Vaughan, Ontario.

Teston, Ontario post office with Tom Wilson, postmaster, Otter Walker, Ruby Walker (Mrs. Roy Wilson), Katie Ireland (Mrs. M. Anness), Hattie Diceman, Mossie Taggart, Ethel Diceman and Mrs. W. Diceman in the buggy, then Berta Hadwen (Mrs. J. Kyle) and Mrs. Tom Wilson, the postmaster's wife, in the doorway.

Photograph showing the first and only location of the Edgeley post office which was also the general store. It was located on the south east corner of Thornhill Sideroad and the Fifth Concession of Vaughan Township, Ontario, now Hwy. 7 and Jane St. Mr. L. Arthur Whitmore, postmaster and general store owner, is seen here putting groceries in a buggy. In the buggy on the right is his father-in-law, William Reid, an Edgeley blacksmith, who was ready to leave for Concord to pick up the mail from the train at the Thornhill station. The Edgeley post office and store was closed on July 12, 1960. It was demolished when Jane St was widened and paved in 1965.

Collection consists of 287 post cards from communities throughout Peel, collected by Richard L. Frost. While assembled from a variety of sources by Frost as a private citizen, he was then the Chief Administrative Officer for the Region of Peel.

Specifically pictured in the selection are Alton, Belfountain, Bolton, Brampton, Caledon Township, Caledon East, Cataract. Cheltenham, Churchville, Clarkson, Cooksville, Dixie, Eldorado Park, Erindale, Forks of the Credit, Huttonville, Inglewood, Lorne Park, Malton, Meadowvale, Mississauga, Port Credit, and Streetsville. Limited postcards from outside Peel are included, showing Norval, Owen Sound, and Port Hope.

Item consists of a photographic postcard of both the Carnegie Library and the fire hall, on Main St at Chapel St in Brampton. Colourized image.

Item consists of a photographic postcard of the Carnegie Public Library, Brampton.

Item consists of a colourized photographic postcard of Central Public Schools.

Item consists of a photographic postcard of downtown Brampton, showing the British Union Jack, Canadian Red Ensign, and a coat of arms. Inscribed "Copyrighted by Atkinson Bros. 1905".

Item consists of a photographic postcard of the Dominion Building.

Item consists of a photographic postcard of 14 members of a Brampton lacrosse team, likely the Brampton Excelsiors. A large building is in behind these players, possibly a greenhouse. Title supplied by archivist.

Item consists of a photographic postcard of 14 members of a Brampton lacrosse team, likely the Brampton Excelsiors. A large building is in behind these players, possibly a greenhouse. Title supplied by archivist.

Item consists of a photographic postcard of people on the athletic field at Rosalea Athletic Park.