Paul Dedi and Shaun Parent started climbing at the Bluffs, Silver Harbour, Sleeping Giant and Climbers Cliffs during the early 1980's, although older pitons have been found. Most of the early climbers were students at Lakehead University. In 1983 the first guidebook had 92 routes. Dorion Tower was climbed in 1984 by Shaun Parent and Dave Pugliese. In 1989 the guidebook Pass Lake, The Next Generation was released. In 1990 the quiet Thunder Bay Alpine Club was revived, founded in 1983. In the early 90's Claghorn, Silver Harbour and Squaw Bay were explored. In 1997 Randy Reed, Steve Charlton and others led development at Orient Bay. Climbs such as Colossus, Temple of Zeus and Titon Crack were cleaned and climbed. At the turn of the century Matt Pellett, Jeff Hamerich and Dave Benton set new standards at Squaw Bay, Lost Falls, Orient Bay and Climbers Cliffs, establishing bold ground-up routes such as Tag, Cream and Suga and Sandbag. From 2001-2005, Brandon Pullan bolted a number of sport climbs such as Echoes of the Totem, 5.12b, and Tamarack, 5.12b, at Mt Godfrey. The following years saw Duncan Hutchinson, Shawn Robinson, Derrik Patola and Kyle Brooks climb bold routes, ground-up. Starting in 2010 a new wave of climbers are carving out the future of Thunder Bay climbing. Aric Fishman and Zach Watson are bolting hard sport routes. In 2011 Nick Rochacewich, based in the Rocky Mountains, travelled to Claghorn and developed a number of world-class 5.12's and 5.13's, over 25 routes in total. The future is bright and points towards Thunder Bay being one of Canada's top climbing destinations.