On Saturday morning, hundreds of people began turning out to the Westfort Street Fair along Frederica Street, and by early afternoon, those numbers turned into thousands.

"It's been a very chaotic day," said Aaron Gillingham, the Westfort Business Improvement Area chairman and owner of The Sal and East Coast Lobster.

"We're seeing thousands of people walk up and down Frederica, and it's always a special time to see this many people in Westfort."

He added that there were "hundreds" lining up throughout the day at The Sal booth for french fries.

"I would say there's probably, at 2:30 p.m., there are upwards of 5,000 people here. It's unusually busy right now," he said, attributing the influx of the crowd in Thunder Bay arriving later in the day to a rain threat in the morning.

Gillingha

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