Good luck Trevor! Sounds exciting and nerve wracking all at the same time!
On a totally different side note all together, I almost got to Thunder Bay 6 years ago, a dream trip that would have also taken in whale watching in Vancouver, Seattle and a place called North Bend and the Snoqualmie falls staying at the Salish Lodge (famous as The Great Northern in Twin Peaks) - however the trip was cancelled due to me accidentally impregnating the wife and so as she was advised against the long haul flight - we ended up going to Venice instead.
Would have been nice to see that part of the world but it was not to be. 8)