A communications tower near Nipigon broadcasts a local radio station and television channels from Thunder Bay, including CKPR (TBT), CFNO and CBQT.

Nipigon is located northeast of Thunder Bay, southwest of Geraldton and Beardmore (both in the municipality of Greenstone), west of Marathon, and northwest of Sault Ste.

Circa 1717, Zacharie Robutel de La Noue built Fort Ste Anne, its exact location now uncertain but possibly in a shallow bay on the south-east shore of Helen Lake (at the site of today's Lake Helen 53A reserve).

It remained a small outpost with 2 or 3 dilapidated log cabins until 1871, when Red Rock was made headquarters of the Nipigon District.

[4][5] In 1885, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) tracks were completed across the north shore of Lake Superior, boosting trade at the HBC post.

[5] To avoid confusion with another Red Rock locality in eastern Ontario, the HBC post was renamed to Nipigon (or Nepigon) in 1900, taking the name of the CPR station.

Although fur trade had ceased, the retail store prospered due to increased business from tourists arriving by train.

[3] In the 1910s, the Canadian Northern Railway was built through the township and opened for passenger service in 1915 (all traffic on this line ceased by 2005 and the rails were removed in 2010).

More than 100 people were employed at the plant, which produced hardwood underlayment for vinyl, plywood and laminate flooring.

Nipigon and the surrounding area have a wide array of outdoor recreational activities for all times of the year.

With the exception of the Canadian National Railway transcontinental rail line, the two bridges are the narrowest east-west land link in Canada's transportation system.