The island also contains the sites of quarters for lifesaving service personnel and private-sector fishermen.
Thunder Bay Island was also the site of a station, opened in 1876, operated by the United States Life-Saving Service.
[1] In addition to the lightkeepers and lifesaving servicemen, who were employees of the U.S. federal government, private-sector families lived on Thunder Bay Island in the 1800s.
The Thunder Bay Island fishing station supported a small general store.
The Thunder Bay Island fishing station became a ghost town.