One person, one bike, one very good shovel
Bay City Gigs started the way a lot of Thunder Bay side-work does: a neighbour couldn't get their walk cleared after a storm, and I had a shovel and a free morning.
It's still just me. I don't have a truck, a crew or a franchise logo. I get around on a bike most of the year and Thunder Bay Transit when the snowbanks win. Everything I offer is something I can carry there in a backpack, a pannier or a duffel — which is why you won't find junk removal or moving on this site.
What you will get is someone who shows up when they said they would, does the job properly, and gives you a straight answer about price and what's possible.
Car-free, on purpose
Being the person on a bike with a shovel is a little ridiculous at −25. It also means lower overhead, no fuel surcharges, and no plow blade anywhere near your interlock.
By bike
Spring through late fall, and plenty of winter days too. Tools ride in panniers; the shovel rides on the rack.
By transit & on foot
When the roads are a mess, it's the bus and a walk. Mid-storm I plan routes so nearby clients get done together.
With your gear where needed
Mowers, ladders and yard bags don't fit on a bike. For those jobs you supply the equipment, I bring the labour.
Where I work
I'm not going to claim all of Thunder Bay. Most of my work is in the walkable cores and the neighbourhoods around them:
- Downtown Port Arthur
- Downtown Fort William
- Intercity
- Westfort
- Current River
- Northwood
- Confederation College area
- County Fair
- College Park
Outside these? Ask anyway — plenty of the city is reachable by bike or transit, it just depends on the job and the weather.
What you can count on
- Straight prices. Quoted before I start. No surprise add-ons.
- Showing up. If a storm shifts the schedule, you'll get a text, not silence.
- Honest limits. If a job needs a truck or a two-storey ladder, I'll say so.
- Care with your place. Hand tools mean no gouged stonework or chewed-up lawn edges.
Got a job that fits in a backpack?
Tell me what you need and where you are. You'll get a straight answer and a price — or an honest "that needs a truck, try someone else."